The lesson

Becky Harlan (lee)

Mr. Neuburger

101-104

24, Jan. 2013

Synopsis on The Lesson

By Toni Bambara

            Miss Moore just moved into a house on the same block as 8 children.  She is always so well dressed and has an education. The parents of the children allowed Miss Moore to take the children on trips and such to better educate them. One day Miss Moore took the children into the city on Fifth Ave. There was a toy store called F.A.O Schwartz, and Miss Moore allowed the children to look in the windows at all the toys and their price tags. The kids were astonished at how high the prices were on these toys. They couldn’t comprehend how someone could pay that much for a toy when they could take that money and it would feed them all year. It got the children thinking how unfair this world could be. They then went home and pondered about their trip with Miss Moore. I think they had a different outlook on the day when it was finally over