2 things that Cedric struggled with in Ballou high was that

  • He had to go through his education being bullied.
  • He didn’t fit in with any of the crowds so that ment he didnt have any friends.

The way that some of the struggles that Cedric has in Ballou high compare whith the struggles at MIT is that in both of the school’s  he is struggling.

Comparing words are used to link sentence.

First one uses a race to say that he is behind on work whereas the second quote shows how being a minority means trying even harder than normal.

Suskind uses the metaphor of a race to suggests that Cedric is behind work because in a race you have to try your hardest to catch up with the pack however he uses the metaphor of extra baggage to suggest that just because of his race he had to try harder.