LAST PERIOD. Finally. I thought about the teachers" meeting. They may be easier to convince than the kids, and they"ll want to get out as fast as possible. The bell rang. As they had been all day, this group, too, was uncommonly quiet, anticipating a discussion of Friday.
LAST PERIOD. Finally.They may be easier to convince than the kids, and they"ll want to get out as fast as possible.“You"ve all had a full day to hear tales of mystery and wonder. Anyone want to tell us the best version you"ve heard?” No hands went up. “Well, that"s a first. As noisy as you usually are, no one has anything to say?” Mary Anne, whose sister was in the third-period class, raised her hand. “That"s more like it. Yes, Mary Anne?”
“Mr. Russell, on Friday you said my sister was messing with me. But when we talke
