Word: knowed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Christ Lutheran Church, smoking Camels. At Webster, their perceived bad fashion, bad family, bad hygiene or bad attitude evokes disdain from many classmates. "A lot of people look down at us and write us off because of what we look like," says Gene. "They don't even know...
...Webster's social pecking order, these kids are rock bottom. "We are definitely the outsiders," says junior Adam White, 16. "Not a whole lot of the 'popular' people give us the time of day"--a generalization confirmed by popular senior Adam Wise: "I don't know how to put it...but they...
...Webster social studies teacher Jenni Wilson. With it comes a home in Gene's basement and a surrogate parent in Gene's divorced mom, Eileen Stewart, 42, a former computer consultant. Thirteen of the Dirties come to her house five days a week for an informal study program. She knows their class schedules and their family situations. They call her "Mom." But Mom has rules in her basement: no disrespect, cursing, drugs or sex. Their real parents must know where they are, and they must do their homework. Stewart keeps the basement open until 10 on weeknights, midnight on weekends...
...They never go out to the movies, but that's so much fun and I just don't get it." For the students, grabbing dinner and a movie as a first date is unusual. "If a guy asked me out to dinner," says senior Gale Cammon, "I wouldn't know what to say. That would be so formal." She has been dating her boyfriend for 2 1/2 years. They started out as friends...
...friends," says junior Leslie Chicoineau. As a result, the line between friend and romantic interest often becomes blurred. "There are a lot of people who hook up for a one-night fling and just go back to being friends," says Gale. It's not hard, since "they pretty much know what they're getting into when it happens...