Wednesday, January 5

What is This World Coming To?

I’m still sick, maybe sicker. We had a team meeting this morning. The principal was there and he shared some news on some of our students. LJ finally went to court for stealing a bicycle. He got twenty-five hours of community service. He’s been asking loudly and proudly if he can do the service at school. Meanwhile, he was five minutes late to class today. I sent him to the office for a pass and never saw him again.
Our other little student who is in trouble is Deon. He was arrested for robbery over the winter break. A former student of our school pulled a knife on someone and stole his jacket. Deon was there, wearing a ski mask. Since he wasn’t the one with the knife he got off easy but he has a probation officer now. I guess Deon had a good scare. His older brother is locked up somewhere so he knows the routine.
Malcolm skipped math class this morning. He said his cousin was killed in Maryland. What is this world coming to?

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