One of my clearest early childhood memories is of my father telling my younger sister and me, “Education is the key to success.” He said, “If you want to be accepted as equals by Gadje [non-Roma], you must be better educated than they are.
我儿时最清晰的一个记忆就是我父亲对我和妹妹说：“教育是走向成功的钥匙。”他说：“如果希望那些非罗姆人把你当做平等的人，你必须接受比他们更好的教育。这并不容易。但如果你成功了，这不只会改变你个人，而且能够改变你这个民族很多人的生活。”