Word: khalilah
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...telling you something," she pleads. "Pretend, at least." Khalilah looks across the room at me and shrugs...
Music Class. First period, 8 a.m. "Could we sing?" asks Khalilah. But Ms. Banks, a tall woman, wearing a scarf and a draping black dress, presents the class with part of the libretto from the opera "Carmen" to read silently...
...begins to teach, the class begins to talk. Khalilah and most others pull Social Studies homework, due next period, from their bags. Boys in the back drag their desks together to compare answers...
...this point, no one appears to be listening to what the teacher is saying. All prepare work for next period and talk. Michelle, who sits in the front row with Khalilah, gets up to check answers with her, and Erik is still making rounds of the room. Paper airplanes...
...class was out of control," Khalilah tells me later. "Some teachers don't set standard rules for the class. She cares, but...strict is better," she says. "Any class I taught would be learning, 'cause I would be all over them...