Jaydn read the next chapter of Jeanette Wall's The Glass Castle. She was then given the following prompt and asked to discuss it using text from the novel integrated with her answer:
On one hand, Jeannette Walls describes the squalor she and her family lived in: hunger, poverty, garbage, lack of basic necessities. On the other, she describes the rich intellectual world her parents imparted: discussions of geology, math, literature, art. In light of the fact that three out of the four Walls children became successful, productive members of society, what do you think is more important to children’s development: comfortable living conditions or an enriching intellectual environment?