Thesis Statement from Audre Lorde's "From Zami: A New Spelling of My Name"

Audre Lorde;s teacher, Sister MPH, was a mean teacher because she hit students, segregated them into "good" and "bad" groups, didn't want to help those who were struggling, and humilated students.

1. Sister MPH hit students

• she wanted to hurt them
• sent Audre home with a note, asking her mother not to dress her in so many layers, so that Audre could feel the paddling more.

     2. Sister MPH segregated them into "good" and "bad" groups.

• when Audre would read but not understand numbers, she quickly got lost
• Sister MPH made her sit in the back with the "bad" group, "Brownies"

      3. Sister MPH didn't want to help those who were struggling.

• when Alvin, Audre's classmate, couldn't read, he was put in the "Brownies"
• when Audre broke her glasses and couldn't see, and instead of pairing Audre with another student that could help, she made her sit in the back with a dunce cap

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OR it can become a debate: 

Audre Lorde's didn't give sufficient evidence that Sister MPH was mean and discriminatory. The nuns don't have time to pay attention to particular students, must keep a strict schedule, and indeed gave each student the opportunity to move to "the head of the class."