Word: ramoses
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The principal reluctantly promoted him to ninth grade, and Ramos--true to his word--did get his act together and did behave.
Soon after arriving in New York, Ramos fell into trouble in the neighborhood and at school. In first grade, he was expelled from school for disciplinary problems and was usually suspended from school two or three times a year every year after until the eighth grade, when Ramos' final meeting...
At the meeting, the principal clearly and forcefully told Ramos that the school "had had enough" and threatened to place him into the school's special education classes.
"I will always remember that meeting in the principal's office and my mom's crying because she did not want me to be put into special education," Ramos says. "That really hurt my feelings--seeing my mother cry--and at that point I said I was going to behave...
The principal during the summer decided not to send Ramos to special education and promoted him to ninth grade, despite serious misgivings.