September

Today is the first day of school. I have to get a good impression. Monday. (Guys and Girls, this is just something I need to tell you before I get to the next part. If your last name ended in "berg" or "dog" or "stein," you lived on the north side. If your last name ended in "elli" or "ini" or "o," you lived on the south side. The south side went to Saint Alberts and everyone who lived at the north, would go to Temple Beth-El). Ok it's time. "Hi everyone. I will be checking if everyone is here so, simply say here, if you are here." "Holling Hoodhood," I said crackly. "Here," said Holling Hoodhood as he raised his hand. I sat at the edge of my desk and asked which temple he goes to. "Does your family go to Temble-Beth-El?" I asked. He shook his head no. "Saint Adelbert's, then?" I asked this hoping he would say yes. He shook his head no again. "So on Wednesday afternoon you attend nether Hebrew School nor catechism." He nodded yes. "You are here with me."

"I guess," he said. I looked hard at him. I rolled my eyes. Man! I have to spend my perfect Wednesday afternoon with this kid. Well, if he's staying with me alone, then I will make him the best student. "May Thi Huong," I said. I looked up to find her raised hand, and I nodded. I kept looking at Holling Hoodhood every time, hopefully he didn't get a wrong note. I rolled my eyes too. "Danny Hupfer," I said, and looked for his raised hand. Making sure I looked at Holling Hoodhood. "Merry Lee Kowalski," I called. I found her hand, and looked at Holling Hoodhood again. I kept going and I kept looking at Holling Hoodhood, until, I finished the attendance. I eyed him all Tuesday. I watched him come out of the coat room to his desk. I pigged through my desk. I stopped and smiled, a half smile, at him. He asked Merly Lee to go through his desk for some reason. I wonder what is up with this kid. I asked, "Why don't you go out for lunch recess? Everyone else is gone." He held up his English for you and Me book.

"I thought I'd read in here" he said. "Go out for recess," I said. "I'm comfortable here." "Mr. Hoodhood," I said. I stood up and crossed my arms. He went out for recess. When everyone came back, I didn't look at Holling Hoodhood. After the P.A announcement said that Doug Sweitick's brother was fine... (Let me tell you what happened to Doug Swetick before I tell you something else. So, it all started when Doug Swetick's brother asked Holling to play soccer. Mrs. Sidman, said ya, go play, or else someone will have to sit out. So, he went to go play with him and he thought that Mrs. Baker planed this. Doug Swetick's brother, is a bully in 8th grade. He is 3 times bigger then Holling. Since, he thought it was Mrs. Baker's plan, he looked back at the window to see if she was looking. She wasn't. Then, Doug Swetick's brother said, that he was a back and that he was a forward. That meant Holling had to try to stop him. Then, Doug Swetick's brother went strait for him even though he's not supposed to go run for defense.

Then Holling Hoodhood backed up, put his right foot out, and tripped him! He went flying like a missile and his head bent the goalie post! Mrs. Sidman came running and asked if he was okay. He nodded once, and then he threw up on her. He ate a liverwurst and egg sandwich. Everyone was freaking out. So, ya, that's what happened. Anyway, continue.) I told everyone that we will be diagraming sentances. I gave Merly Lee: The brook flows down the pretty moutain. I gave this to Danny Hupfer: He kicked the round ball into the goal. (I did this because he likes soccer.) I gave Mai Thi this: The girl walked home. I made this short because, Mai Thi has just come from Vietnam. I gave this to Doug Swieteck: I read a book. Here's the sentence I gave Holling Hoodhood: "For it falls out, that what we have we prize not to the worth whiles we enjoy it; but being naked and lost, why, then we rack the value, then we find the virtue that possession would not show us while it was ours." "Mr. Hoohhood"? I said. "If you had been listening to my instructions, you should have been able to do this," I said.

"Start with, "What we have," I said, and I smiled. Just at that second, the P.A. announcement came and it called his name. It said that he had to go to the principal's office. "Immediately," I said. I also wrote a letter, to the principal, Mr. Gureshi, that Holling Hoodhood had to retake 6th grade mathematic's because he passed below average. I didn't do it to Doug Sweitick even though he... and ya. This means that Holling Hoodhood has to sit in Mrs. Harneitit's class insted of me. So, taco's, your back on the list. But, when Holling Hoodhood came back, he brought the letter that I gave to the principal, Mr. Gurieshi, and I opened it. It said that he should stay where he is. Darn it! For the rest of the day I stayed, not too happy, not too sad. Even when, Doug Swetick's new pen broke and it spread bright blue ink all over his desk, or when the Rand McNally Map of the World fell off its hinges as she pulled it down, or when Mr. Guareschi reported during Afternoon Announcements that Lieutenant Tybalt Baker, my husband, would soon be deployed to Veitnam with the 101st airborne Division and we should all wish him, together with me.

If you didn't know, it is the year 1967, the year that the Vietnam war was going on and my husband, Lieutenant Tybalt Baker, was going to war in the Vietnam by aircraft.

Octomber

On Wednesday, October, when it was just me and the kid, Holling Hoodhood, we just stared at each other. The clock ticked, and, ticked, and ticked, and, ticked, until, I said, "There's no point of teaching you something new." You'd just hear it a second time tommorow. So, I made him do other things like, wash all the chalkboards, straiten the thordike dictiionaries, I made him go outside and made him punt the erasers on the wall which made tons of stuff go into his lungs probably. What? At least I didn't kill the man. I basically kept doing this for awhile until, he got better at it. Then, I made him, put up my bulletin board with microscopic pins and leveling tools, and sweeping up cobwebs from the asbestos tiles on the ceiling, and wiping the grime of sweaty hands off the lower half of the windows, then pushing them all up so that, air can circulate the room. And, it really did need to. Once, air passed the coat room, trust me, you would need like 100 air fresheners to breath. So after he got good at the windows, I got him to clean out the coat room.

He cleaned everything except for Doug Sewitects, which I think would be too much. See, I'm not a TOTAL monster. What, I was really surprised about, was that he didn't complain. I mean I wouldn't either if I had a teacher like me, but, better for me. Doug Swetick's brother was going to be back until, he loved being out of school so much, that he pounded erasers on his head and put two pieces of chalk up his mouth. That put him in 4 weeks of observation. The next morning, I glared at Holling Hoodhood because, if he would've never tripped him, he would still be in school. On wednesday, when it was time to go to Mr. Petrelli's class, I stopped glaring at Holling Hoodhood. In fact, I smiled at him. Why? Well because I have a plan for him. "Mt. Hoodhood." I said, when they came to drop their stuff to go to recess. "I have a quick job for you. Everyone else, enjoy your recess." "Mr. Hoodhood." "there are some pastries that Mrs. Bigo has spent the morning baking for me that need to be brought up to this room. Would you go down to the kitchen and bring them here?

And do not start any rumors. These are not for the class. They are for the Wives of Vietnam Soldiers' gathering at Saint Adelbert's this afternoon. Not for anyone else." "Is that all?" Holling Hoodhhood said. "Don't look so suspicious," I said. "Suspicion is an unbecoming passion." By the way, this room is on the third floor and the kitchen is on the first floor and at the very end of the hallway. Plus, there were twelve trays, which would take him twelve trips from down to up to finish. I smiled softly as he brought in each one. "Place them on the shelf by the windows. The cool air will keep them from getting soggy." I said. Open the widows wider so that wind could make them a little cooler. You will have to move each one from there to there and back. "Thank you," I said. It was 12:30 and everyone came back. I made him clean all of the erasers from the whole school and the whole elementary school. But, I did say that, "If we both finish in time, you may have one of the cream puffs." (Guys and Girls, just to tell you that, when he pounded the erasers outside, all the chalk dusk came on the cream puffs.

I had to do this because, Mrs. Baker didn't know about it. That's why he couldn't ick one, because their was chalk dust on all of them.) When it was time to give them to the Wives of Vietnam Soldiers. They choked on them and Mrs. Bigo was never allowed to cook again at Camillo Juionr High School. (Alright I'm sorry but I will have to skip a few chapters to the important ones because then this book will be to long.)

It was said in November that Mrs. Bigo's husband died on a small hill in Vietnam. He died in a reconnision mission. Also, I've made Hollling Hoodhood do a lot of Shaskepere and I gave him 150 questions quiz.

December

I heard that Holling Hoodhood has to play in a Shakeprere Play. I announced that Micky Mantle, the baseball player, would be coming to town this week. I also announced that on the day that Micky Mantle would be coming, Holling Hoodhood will be in a Shaspere play in the tempest. So, I invited the whole class to come. I smiled at Holling Hoodhood. I thought Holling Hoodhood some more Sgasepere for the play on Wednesday afternoon. I came to the play and I smiled at Holling Hoodhood the whole time. After everyone left for their temples on wednesday, I went back to my desk and took out, no not shaskpere books, 3 new baseballs, 3 new mitts, and I gave them to Doug Sweetie, Holling Hoodhood, and Danny Hupfer. Then, I told them to go outside to the baseball feild. I invited Joe Pepitone and Horace Clarke, because of Micky Mantle.

(If you guys didn't know, Micky Mantle rejected to sign Holling Hoodhood's baseball because he was still wearing his ariel suit. So, Danny Hupfer helped him out by giving him back the baseball that Micky Mantle signed and taking Holling Hoodhood and calling Micky Mantle, a pied ninny. That's what you call a good friend.) They played baseball for a while and then they got stuff from the two famous baseball players. I am not a TOTAL monster. In fact, I think Holling Hoodhood deserved it. Doug Swetieck, ehhh, whatevs.

January

NEW YEARS!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! I was outside in the huge amounts of snow trying to get my car to start when I see Holling Hoodhood getting chased by Doug Swetick's brother and the penitary crowd. Then, the school bus turns on it side about to crash into a girl and Holling Hoodhood saves her but, gets really hurt. so, I rush over there and help him. Mr. Gurerishi was there too. I got him into my car, Dowg Swetick's brother and the peintary crowd helped. Surprising, isn't it? Mr. Gureshi came too. So, I rushed him to the hospital and it turned out, that he had gotten hit on his butt. There was a huge bruise, the doctors told me, I didn't look.

(If you are reading in 2018, which you probably are, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!)

After, the incident, Holling Hoodhood was one the news for saving that girl, who really was her sister, which explains alot.

Febuary

I am getting really nervous about the rats in the ceiling because every now, and, then, the noise comes and it feels like they are going to fall down. By the way, the rats came like this, It was a nice sunny day when I asked Holling Hoodhood, if he could feed my two rats. He said yes and when he was feeding them, they escaped. So, ya, ever since then, they've been roaming around the school, ready to just BLOW up the ceilings. On valentine's day, Mrs. Bigo made treats for every class to eat. You were supposed to pick them up at 1:05, but, I made the kids wait untill, 1:18. I asked Holling Hoodhood what he would be doing for Valentime's day and he said he's going out with Merly Lee.