The boy who first entered a classroom barely able to speak English, twenty years later concluded his studies in the stately quiet of the reading room in the British Museum. Thus with one sentence I can summarize my academic career. It will be harder to summarize what sort of life connects the boy to the man.


Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez (1982)

Richard Rodriguez Quotes

The boy who first entered a classroom barely able to speak English, twenty years later concluded his studies in the stately quiet of the reading room ...

The boy who first entered a classroom barely able to speak English, twenty years later concluded his studies in the stately quiet of the reading room ...

The boy who first entered a classroom barely able to speak English, twenty years later concluded his studies in the stately quiet of the reading room ...

The boy who first entered a classroom barely able to speak English, twenty years later concluded his studies in the stately quiet of the reading room ...