"No Shool"

I watched Latisha while she was taking her test. She only answered a handful of the questions. Then, she got out her assignment notebook. She opened it up and started folding the pages in half lengthwise. Page by page she very carefully folded them until her whole assignment book was half as wide but twice as thick. Then, she started writing “No Shool” on all the weekend sections of the book. Finally, she turned to the goal section. On the first line she wrote her name followed by three stars “Latisha ***”. On the second line she wrote it again . . . and on the third . . . and the fourth . . . and the fifth . . . and so on . . . and so on . . . Sometimes, I think I’m teaching way over these kids’ heads.
We pulled in a bunch of the trouble makers today to have a little talk. We brought them in one-by-one. Rodney was there. I asked him if he had a locker . . . and if he knew the combination . . . then why does he always leave his materials in my class? Well, after our talk with all the kids we were feeling better. Then, Rodney got in trouble at lunch and got another in-school-suspension. It will be nice to have a break from him tomorrow. I swear that kid only comes to school for breakfast and lunch.