Miss Stapleton, circulating among working students, sees Maree has made no progress. When Miss Stapleton collects homework, she finds Miguel hasn t done his. She says in front of the class, Miguel, you had the assignment just like everybody else. You haven t tried. That stuff is stupid.
Nobody goes around bisecting lines with a compass.
That s the dumbest thing I ever heard of. When Mr. Sellars tells his fourth-grade students, Take out your spelling books, he hears a chorus of groans. Mr. Sellars checks each student s progress on their practice sheet. He finds Amy has done nothing at all. He stands looking at her.