Tower Lowe > Quotes

“He’s smart, kinda, in his own way…like his father. His father was the smartest boy in his class. I thought the dad would be an engineer, but he took to alcohol, like a lot of these Indians…got angry…was hard on his son. Mormons don’t drink, you know.”
― Tower Lowe, In Dulce, Disturbed

“You know, there are certain disabilities that make social skills a problem. Autism is one of them. Erik needs to be taught how to make eye contact, and what to say in a conversation with other teachers or students.”
― Tower Lowe, In Dulce, Disturbed

“It’s not easy teaching these Native kids. They don’t really want an education.” “That seems unlikely,” I insist. “Kids usually want to learn, but sometimes they’re not motivated.” I get back to Erik. “Is he seeing anyone for his social skills?  Or is someone helping him understand how to focus on academics in a distracting classroom?”
― Tower Lowe, In Dulce, Disturbed

“Our guide wears a helmet of dyed brown curls and a shield of large yellow daisies plastered onto a black sweatshirt.  She frowns us into the Special Ed room. “Visitors are viruses,” Tessy warns. “They cause fevers.” She fires two visitor’s passes our way.  “Clip these on.”
― Tower Lowe, In Dulce, Disturbed

“I looked at Burro.  Sweat oozed down the sides of his face. Stressful events change his brain chemistry, and changed brain chemistry is not good for a schizophrenic. I”
― Tower Lowe, In Zuni, Zymotic