What I Know For Sure

After seeing Tavis on DWTS this year, I decided to check out the guy I remembered from High School. I purchased What I Know For Sure in eBook version and re-read the parts about Maconaquah High School. Overall, the book is a light read but interesting none the less. I learned things about Tavis' life that I did not know. I will say that he should have left the facts to stand for themselves instead of making himself sound more disadvantaged. I remember Tavis being one of the cool kids. He may not have had a car, but most of us didn't. I myself was a base kid. We had groups but they didn't revolve around race and the farmer kids certainly did not all wear overalls. Officer's kids did not wear Izods; my parents wouldn't buy them. Tavis blended in with everyone else and had nice clothes. He was on the speech team but not the only black person as stated in his book. There was also Margaret Pettiford and Rod White. Within each group of Jocks, Cool Kids, Freaks, Base Kids and locals were all races. My point is that I am happy to have known Tavis and am happy for his successes but he didn't have to exaggerate to make his successes appear more powerful.