Word: khalilah
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...minutes the class flows. Egged on by Kaufman's questions, Rinaldo describes an Indian's drunkenness; Erik says he got drunk because he was depressed, but Khalilah says he was depressed because he was drunk all the time. He should have been supporting the family, not getting drunk, Khalilah says...
...lunch she eats a bag of Lays Sour Cream and Onion potato chips and a half slice of pizza from the cafeteria. The pizza costs one dollar. Splitting it is cheaper, she says. Khalilah says that is her usual lunch and it is filling enough...
After school Khalilah usually goes to track practice for a few hours. Wilma Rudolph, the track star, is her hero. Then she goes home and to the Walter Denny Teen Center down the street, "so we don't get in trouble on the streets...
...Khalilah refuses to be distracted from school by the vices of society. Teachers say it's because she has a supportive home environment, while Khalilah Horton says simply that getting in trouble would be self-defeating...
...Khalilah, whether or she ends up at South Boston High School, does not want to lose her chance...