240 a. Sweet Potato Pie by Eugenia Collier

Buddy is the youngest. He was a thin little boy who showed a propensity for academics. At school he was called,

“the boy with eyes in the back of his head”—the “eyes” being the perpetual holes in my hand-me- down pants.

Buddy had a passion for learning and quickly put everything he had into school, he knew what a sacrifice his family made to keep him there,

"I loved school with a desperate passion, which became more intense when I began to realize what a monumental struggle it was for my parents and brothers and sisters to keep me there. The cramped, dingy classroom became a battleground where I was victorious."

Buddy still had a strong sense of family even after he "made it".