Excerpts:

1. “Daddy, I would like to go to school. Please give me a pair of yachting shoes (sneakers). He turned to me and said, I cannot give you yachting shoes. I went to school barefooted in the Northwest District of British Guyana and you can do so too. Bertha broke down in tears and left. When I saw my mother crying, I began to cry too.”
2. “I studied very hard and took the examination on the only chance I had to do so and I was successful. Because of my hard work and perseverance, I was given a partial scholarship to attend one of the best high schools at that time named Progressive High School.”
3. “Life was never easy for me but despite serious struggles, I am here to let you know how Bertha’s son survived.”