Maya Angelou: Learning to love my mother - BBC News

World-renowned poet, author and activist Maya Angelou has written extensively about her life, starting with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in 1969.

More than 40 years later, she is finally opening up about one of the most important and complex relationships in her life: her relationship with her mother, Vivian Baxter.

[dxlanstar]

I LOVE HOW ALL OF US CAME FROM MY PERSPECTIVES BOOK

[boompaint]

I can not escape the work and really hate question 6!
Like if you dislike my perspectives book.

[russtralia]

So many ppl who were here bc of a school assignment...

[rshehab]

I’m a 7th grader who is only here because of my perspective book ??😩 is anyone else here from the book to???

[marilashay]

Most of the comments are 7th graders doing my perspective work😂

[rashhd]

who is here because from My Perspectives book???

[adudeboy]

I’m only here because I have homework on it.

[IsItJustMe]

I will exercise patience with my children today, and I will do the same with others'. It is the lesson I am here to learn, and who better to teach me than this this amazing woman.

[bharathjoshua]

If anyone needs the answers to the questions (My Perspectives, 7th Grade, pg 82):

1. What are some of the ways in which Vivian Baxter was unlike Maya Angelou’s Grandma?
Grandma was slow and calm, Vivian spoke fast and bouncy
2. How did Vivian Baxter react to her daughter’s calling her Lady?
she accepted that
3.According to Angelou, what would Vivian Baxter have thought about there being an African American President?
She believed it that it wouldn’t have happened.
4. What are two life lessons Angelou thinks people should learn?
forgive yourself for dumb mistakes, and learn from your dumb mistakes
5. What is one reason Angelou forgives her mother for abandoning her?
she loved maya, and maya was ok with that
OR Her mom wasn’t ready to raise children.
6. Explain how Maya Angelou overcame her problems with her mother and describe how she based her advice to others on her own experience.
I.M.O maya just understood her mother wasn’t ready, but loved her, and she suggests that people learn from that.

[OutCast_o]

I love how everyone is here because of school work (my perspectives)-
Also, too the people who also watched this in school, were any parts of the interview cut out in school??? For me some of them where-

[LandyCorner]

I loved her that's why I'm here

[theresadodson]

Exercising patience, I will continue to do. I thought, I lost my mother due to death this morning. I'm still feeling numb, but I'm thankful to have another day to be patient with her.

[diamondcookieoftruth]

Maya Angelou was a badass. We were learning about her in english class so I had to watch this :)

[dxlanstar]

GUYS THE FIRST 5 SECONDS OF THE VIDEO WHEN SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HER MOTHERS BOYFRIEND THEY DIDNT PUT THAT PART ON THE PERSPECTIVE BOOK, BECAUSE WE WATCHED IT IN CLASS BUT WE DIDNT SEE THAT PART

[divinegoddess]

I’m here because I love Maya and her perspective. 😂

[jfransalazar]

Pass the answers from my perspectives book

[salwaalhomaid]

our teacher forced us to watch this :( !!!!

[alguienquevivelavida]

I am happy i am not the only one here because of 7th grade

[hihi-kvvz]

lets all appriciate that we are all from my perspective book :3

[kamih]

Whos here mainly cuz of an essay for school?