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“Brooklyn Roads” Transcript
As the poet E. E. Cummings once said, “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best,
day and night, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being
can fight.” As a young boy, your classmate Danny made a promise to himself to fight for his
individuality, and to this day he has not given up on that promise.
Growing up in a poverty-stricken Brooklyn neighborhood, Danny had hopes of making his individual
mark in the world. He saw the struggles his parents endured because they didn’t have the same
opportunities as kids today. With his parents’ support, he ventured outside Brooklyn to Manhattan,
where he attended grammar school and high school. While in high school, Danny decided that he
wanted to attend college, something that neither of his parents had the chance to do.
