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Lynda The Sanctuary Of School Analysis

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In “The Sanctuary of School” Lynda applies her personal life to the fact that some people think cutting down budgets for public schools will benefit when times get tough. Also that art, music and the creative ideas will be the first to go when budgets are cut. Lynda had a rough childhood where her parents had money issues and family members that needed temporarily to stay at her home (Barry, 721). The lack of attention from her parents made her look for attention elsewhere in this case the school. Lynda saw her teacher Mrs. LeSane as a mother figure. Mrs. LeSane instead of questioning troubled children got the children to release their troubled selves through creativity. Lynda states that when she decided to sneak out of her home she went to

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