From "Dreams From My Father"
"So it was with a great rush of excitement that Gramps accompanied me on my first day of school. He had insisted that we arrive early, and Castle Hall, the building for the fifth and sixth graders, was not yet opened. We sat beside a slender Chinese boy who had a large dental retainer strapped around his neck............. whose name was Frederick........“Your grandfather’s funny,” Frederick said as we watched Gramps introduce himself to Miss Hefty, our homeroom teacher.“Yeah, He is.” We sat at a table with four other children, and Miss Hefty, an energetic middle-aged woman with short gray hair, took attendance. When she read my full name, I heard titters break across the room. Frederick leaned over to me.
Excerpt from "Dreams"
I think that picture must be when he was in 6th grade as I don't see the student he was talking about and the description of the teacher isn't the same. But since he is so made up who knows
Good catch. Haven’t we seen other pictures of Hefty and her hair was brown? Just more lies.