The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
Kenny
What set him up for teasing two qualities
What set him up for teasing two qualities
Kenny says he gets teased because there are two things wrong with him: the first issue is that he is extremely smart, so all the teachers love him and treat him differently. (When he was in second grade, a teacher once had him read passages of Langston Hughes's work to Byron's fifth grade class.) The second issue is Kenny's lazy eye. However, Byron taught him a way to avoid having people look at his eye: Kenny just has to look at people sideways when they talk to him.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963