You went up to be examined with the other Jewish children, your heart heavy about that matter of your nose.
Mary AntinThe apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school.
Mary AntinA little instruction in the elements of chartographyโa little practice in the use of the compass and the spirit level, a topographical map of the town common, an excursion with a road mapโwould have given me a fat round earth in place of my paper ghost.
Mary AntinThere was one public school for boys, and one for girls, but Jewish children were admitted in limited numbers - only ten to a hundred; and even the lucky ones had their troubles.
Mary Antin