Question

black schools usually had a shorter year because many students had to help their parents in the fields.

i realized that we went to a different school than the white children and that the school we went to was not as good as theirs. ours didnt have any glass windows, but instead we had little wooden shutters. their windows had glass panes.

some of the white children rode a bus to school. there were no school buses for black children. i remember when we walked to school, sometimes the bus carrying the white children would come by and the white children would throw trash out the windows at us. after a while when we would see the white school bus coming, we would just get off the road and walk in the fields a little bit distant from the road. we didnt have any of what they call \civil rights\ back then, so there was no way to protest and nobody to protest to. it was just a matter of survival—like getting off the road—so we could exist from day to day.

why did the black children walk in the fields on the way to school?
they thought that was the shortest route to school.
they found the fields much quieter than the busy road.
they were avoiding having trash thrown at them.
they planned to skip school and help their parents farm.

Explanation:

The text states that White children on the school bus would throw trash at Black children walking to school. To avoid this, Black children would walk in the fields instead of the road.

Answer:

They were avoiding having trash thrown at them.