Read the excerpt from "I'm Not Thirteen Yet" by Amy Bernstein. Three weeks later, I reluctantly boarded the bus with all the oth
er Shenandoah-bound kids. Just before I stepped on, Margaret's mother and mine asked to take a picture of the two of us. I wanted to throw up, but smiled graciously as the camera flashed and our moms grinned. Why does Jamie feel like she is about to get sick? because she does not like summer camp because she dislikes having her picture taken because she and Margaret are not friends because the flash from the cameras hurts her eyes
Douglass describes Mrs Auld as apt, and follows up on this definition by showing how she took her husbands advice and mixed with her own experience made a strong and smart conclusion about slavery and education. This shows that she is smart and capable of doing much.
