The way I'd change it would be :
'Great White Sharks are quite fascinating creatures if you research the history that goes along with them. Their records are very ancient and they are one of the longest existing species to live on this earth today!'
It's a bit on the scientific side, but I hope I helped even a little.
Answer:
O First, I needed to act as if the ridicule didn't bother me at all.
Alice walker's mother had eight children and she worked as a sharecropper. She was poor but ensured all of her children were educated.
Explanation:
Alice Walker's mother had eight children and to feed them she had a very low paying work of a sharecropper which she did with her husband.
They were able to feed eight children and with their poor environment they still made sure that the eight children were able to get a proper education as Alice was the youngest out of them all and she received very good education.
This is something that Walker narrates as a big achievement of her mother and something because of which she became what she is.