Read the passage from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. "There's one more thing Take this book of poems and memorae one for me. Next
time you pay me a visit, I want you to recite

I have tried often to search behind the sophistication of years for the enchantment!
so easily found in those gifts. The essence escapes but its aura remains. To be
allowed, no, invited, into the private lives of strangers, and to share their joys and
fears, was a chance to exchange the Southern bitter wormwood for a cup of mead
with Beowulf or a hot cup of tea and milk with Oliver Twist. When I said aloud, "It is
a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done.. tears of love filled my eyes
at my selflessness.
On that first day, I ran down the hill and into the road few cars ever came along it)
and had the good sense to stop running before I reached the store.
I was liked, and what a difference it made. I was respected not as Mrs. Henderson's
grandchild or Baileys sister but for just being Marguerite Johnson
Childhood's logic never asks to be proved all conclusions are absolute). I didn't
question why Mrs. Flowers had singled me out for attention, nor did it occur to me
that Momma might have asked her to øve me a little talking to All I cared about was
that she had made tes cookies for me and read to me from her favorite book. It was
enough to prove that she liked me.
In a response of at least one well-developed paragraph, identify one central idea of 1
Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Then, explain how this passage directly develops
or refines that central idea. Be sure to cite specific evidence from the passage to
support your points.

answer: it means that he would rather write than preach.

explanation: its what it says

you didnt put the link on, so i cant read the paraphrase

did you ever get an answer? i'm on the same question : (

explanation:

the intellectual community is a place like a university where people with high marks, or original thought or an outstanding interest in something gather. they take classes together. they discuss things. they argue sometimes, and not always in a friendly way. but if they argue, it is because they are passionate about something, and there is nothing the matter with that.

lately i've been hearing rumors that it is not the way it was when i went to school. the one thing all schools used to have was free speech. the 1st amendment rights were sacred. now i'm hearing they are not. students can be reported and disciplined for giving an off the wall opinion.

that is shameful.

intellectual ideas are meant to be discussed. they are meant to be chewed up and worked on. that is the primary responsibility of every intellectual community. if that is not the way it is, then that is not a school to go to.

social media, in my opinion, and this is just an opinion. i wouldn't take it too seriously, complicates everything to do with human communication. you can want to share things and others feel they have the right to be very critical or sarcastic or mean about what you share. lack of respect is an immeasurable intolerable condition and social media abounds with that sort of thing.

one of the things i really like about is how careful people are because they must have some idea that the mods are exactly what the word says they are. they police this board very well, and what is so remarkable about them is that they are no older than the average grade 12 student.

my hat goes off to them (which means i respect them quite a bit).