Before finding his class he goes directly to the vending machines. Today he's on empty. Pizzone gets to class promptly, pulls out a sharpened pencil, prepared for the first math exam of the semester. Professor Selina Thompson enters and first reviews some math problems before distributing the 25-question exam and scratch sheets. It is during this class that the differences between Pizzone and his fellow students are most evident.
Students lumber in late, many with a who-cares attitude.
But Pizzone is unfazed by the disruptions. He keeps his focus on the exam, periodically taking sips from his can of Pepsi. And, I'm not even that old. Pizzone realizes how important it is to have an education, but in high school things were different for him. I wasn't doing anything.