History heightened English, English linked to Math, Math explained Science. How different than mine had been years ago. Now we have Reading. Now we have History. After lunch we have Math.
Science is twice a week.
And never shall they meet. I have always been a visual, intuitive learner, always used words and images to connect me with other things. Plot, I've always believed, streams from character. It is Arlen's grasp of how math and science work on a pool table that helps Mickey to become a better player, in addition to determined coaching by Mickey's father's best friend, Joseph Alvarez, back in town after a nine year absence. But while Arlen's favorite subject is Math, Mickey's is History.