"When I had asked why they were taking English, a boy said: "To help us in real life.""

"The building itself is hostile: cracked plaster, broken windows, splintered doors and carved up desks, gloomy corrido…"

"During what was presumably my lunch period, Admiral Ass (a Mr. McHabe, who signs himself Adm. Asst.) appeared in my r…"

"The cardinal sin, strange as it may seem in an institution of learning, is talking. There are others, of course — sin…"

"Like most chairmen, he teaches only one class of Seniors; the most experienced teachers are frequently promoted right…"

"Teachers try to make us feel lower than themselves, maybe because this is because they feel lower than outside people…"

"You teachers are all alike, dishing out crap and expecting us to swallow it and then give it back to you, nice and ne…"

"In Memory of Those Who Died Waiting for the Bell"

"The ceiling fell? The ink ran dry? A student dared to smile? Of every new disaster I prove myself the master By sendi…"

"I don't allow anyone to talk to me like that. So you're lucky — you're a teacher."