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I'm on page 73, and I don't think this guy has said one positive thing about a single person so far (except his parents, who always take his side). What an ang

• thinkcomp 17y ago
  Malka Weil, Dianne Derrick, Joseph Kocian, Robert Morgan, Carl Sjogreen...positive things are said about all of them in that range of the book. (None are relatives.)
  • araneae 17y ago
    "Ms. Derrick" lied to the other teachers about asking him to install software on her computer. She apologized to him, but she's still portrayed in a bad light and used as an example throughout the book as the proof that "all adults lie." I don't remember the others except for Carl, but they certainly don't stand out.
    • thinkcomp 17y ago
      (I wrote the book.) I think you exaggerate my criticism in your comments. I tried very hard to portray my teachers accurately. Many of them gave me what I believe to be legitimate reasons to be upset, and in some cases, angry. In this case, on page 60 I wrote, "Mrs. Derrick had been no aberration. Teachers lied, even when they told students not to." I didn't say (as you state), "all adults lie." Her name actually doesn't come up again until page 334, which is "Acknowledgments," where I praise her and other teachers by stating, "May the world’s teachers aspire to your example." Perhaps I'm too critical, but on the other hand, none of these stories were embellished. I think a teacher lying in a disciplinary context is justifiable cause for a student to be at least temporarily unhappy.