The Real Lies in the Ways of Brice with In the Ways of by Shirley Brice Heath, we read the author's ethnographic study in the South during desegregation. The goal of Heath's study is to examine how people in different communities in the textile region raise their children. The way children are raised according to Heath affects language development and how these children learn to read and write in a school environment. In my article I want to examine how the Church relates to cultural differences in Roadville and Trackton. Cultural differences ultimately created two distinct learning styles. Reading Heath's study sparks curiosity about how one book, the Bible, can be translated by two cultures in such different ways that: “In short, for Roadville, Trackton's stories would be lies; to Trackton, the Roadville stories wouldn't even count as stories” (Heath, 189). Heath says: “For Roadville and Trackton, the church is a key institution that helps provide opportunity and justification for their approaches to parenting and enabling their lives. young people to use the language” (147). Both groups engage in regular religious activities, with Trackton residents meeting biweekly for group services and Roadville groups meeting at church on Sundays. Both groups also come together in mixed age group settings. And both groups believe that the Bible is the Word of God. However, differences exist. Trackton groups do not necessarily meet in a building. “Preachers, musicians, and the best singers of songs claim that they cannot stick to the written text. It seems that thoughts that were once transformed into words on paper are recomposed in every time and space. (233) Trackton preachers and singers feel stifled by the medium of paper. Education leaves them unable to help their children succeed in school. Heath studied their struggles and identified important ways to teach these children. At the end of the study, we realize that to improve the education of the communities of Roadville and Trackton, we would need to change the home environment, religious traditions and culture of the communities to match those of the urban dwellers . Changing the school to meet student needs would not create lasting improvement. For my part, I find it difficult to judge one community as being better than another since each has its own value. Homogeneity seems to be an evil, but it is an evil that American education supports and sometimes seems to demand. Maybe one day we will find a solution. Work cited: Heath, Shirley Brice. Means with. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 1983.