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Mr. Clayton is the counselor at Maverick’s high school. He’s an imposing Black man, but he seems to genuinely care about his students. Mr. Clayton defies Maverick’s expectations by not talking down to him about having two kids—though he does annoy Maverick by insisting that he needs to get his diploma or GED in order to best support his kids.
Mr. Clayton Quotes in Concrete Rose
The Concrete Rose quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Clayton or refer to Mr. Clayton. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 22
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“Word around the school is that you’ve had some life-changing developments this year,” he says.
I wait for the look. I swear, when grown folks know I got two kids, I see myself become trash in their eyes. It’s like they see my babies as trash, too, just ‘cause I made them so young. Hell nah.
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What’s the point of a high school diploma or a GED? Nah, for real. People claim they’ll make my life easier, but all a high school diploma did for Ma was help her get two jobs that don’t pay enough.
Nah, man. I’m done with this school shit. It’s time to put my focus on making money.
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Mr. Clayton Quotes in Concrete Rose
The Concrete Rose quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Clayton or refer to Mr. Clayton. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 22
Quotes
“Word around the school is that you’ve had some life-changing developments this year,” he says.
I wait for the look. I swear, when grown folks know I got two kids, I see myself become trash in their eyes. It’s like they see my babies as trash, too, just ‘cause I made them so young. Hell nah.
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What’s the point of a high school diploma or a GED? Nah, for real. People claim they’ll make my life easier, but all a high school diploma did for Ma was help her get two jobs that don’t pay enough.
Nah, man. I’m done with this school shit. It’s time to put my focus on making money.
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