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Short Story: Louise Spencer High School

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Miss Johnson walked over to the women and said proudly, “These are students from Louise Spencer high school, a public school in the Central Ward” “But They’re so well behaved,” the women said with surprise. “Isn’t that school in the ghetto?” Miss Johnson gave the women a look that could have melted that mink coat and led her students away. George looked back at the women with hurt and confusion. He wished he could have tripped the smelly old lady. On the way back home from the trip, George, always the quiet kid, sat alone on the bus beat. “Mind if I sit next to you, George?” Someone asked. He looked up, piled his long legs out of the aisle, and smiled at her. “Sure, Miss Johnson”. “Did that women upset you?” She asked George shrugged. “I don’t know. She smiled like Mothballs” …show more content…

He changed the subject. “That was a good concert, Miss Johnson. I think it's really cool that you take us to stuff like this” “Perhaps when you go to college you can learn to write symphonies or plays of your own,” she said” “College? I never even thought about it.” To George, the idea of college seemed like something foreign and vague, like going to China or the Moon. “Of course you’ll go to college. You’re one of the smartest children in my class.” Miss Johnson spoke with certainty. “I have high hopes and great expectations from you, George.” “Maybe you do, but some kids think it ain't cool to be too smart, you know,” George told her. The tone that the author

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