“There's no discounting the antagonism the average woman feels for the eldest daughter. The infuriating thing is that most mothers blame the daughters for their hatred when it's just what makes the mother pig eat her first batch of young. Of course one can't tell them that.” FeelsFirstsYoungMotherCoursesDaughterHatredBlameAveragePigsAntagonismEldestInfuriatingEldest Daughter Book:Letters of Mari Sandoz Source: Letters of Mari Sandoz
“My mother was an English teacher who decided to become a math teacher, and she used me as a guinea pig at home. My father had been a math teacher and then went to work at a steel mill because, frankly, he could make more money doing that.” HomeUsedMotherFatherTeacherDecidedMathMore MoneyPigsSteelMillsGuineaEnglish TeacherGuinea PigsMath Teacher Author:Freeman A. Hrabowski III