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Puxi Grade 4 Story Mom：Uncle Jed’s Barber Shop

June 19, 2018

Puxi Grade 4 Story Mom：Uncle Jed’s Barber Shop

During CAS class on June 14th, the Story Moms brought the fourth graders a sweet story named ‘Uncle Jed’s Barber Shop’.

Sarah Jean's Uncle Jed was the only black barber in the county. He had a dream. Living in the segregated American South of the 1920's, where most people were sharecroppers, Uncle Jed had to travel all over the county to cut his customers' hair. He lived for the day when he could open his very own barbershop. But it took a long time, and many setbacks- from five-year-old Sarah Jean's emergency operation to the bank failures of the Great Depression- before the joyful day when Uncle Jed opened his shiny new shop. This stirring story of dreams long deferred, and finally realized.

This was the last time the fourth graders will get to listen to a story from an SHSID Story Mom. They really cherished their last beautiful Story Mom moments. We believe the stories and the ideas and lessons within them will stay with our kids for the rest of their lives!

(Written by Wang Tingqi Pictures by the Teachers of Grade 4)