00:00 I used to jump from furniture to furniture
00:03 and in the house and mother used to say,
00:06 "You've got that look on your face."
00:09 That knowledge look.
00:10 My mother used to say, "Now girl, just be careful.
00:16 Jumping around."
00:17 Okay, mom.
00:18 Boom, boom, boom.
00:19 (laughing)
00:20 And one day I missed.
00:22 I missed the coffee table.
00:25 And I went through it.
00:27 Wow.
00:28 And I'm standing there in the middle of the coffee table
00:32 and mother says, "That's it.
00:34 You're out of here.
00:35 You're in Valley School."
00:37 And she found Ms. Jones, an African-American woman
00:42 from Boston, Massachusetts.
00:45 And she found, and she is my, was my second mother.
00:49 Wow.
00:50 And she challenged me.
00:53 She channeled me into what I am today.
00:58 You know?
01:00 Wow.
01:01 Teachers.
01:02 Teachers.
01:03 Teachers.
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