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Don't go home and feel ashamed of your parents because you think they don't know as much as you think you know.
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Booker T. Washington
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gutenberg.orgDon't go home and feel ashamed of your parents because you think they don't know as much as you think you know.
Washington encourages respect for one's parents and discourages feelings of shame based on education.
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