Inside Mrs. B.'s Classroom

ContentsChapter 1: The Mad Crapper………………………………..1Chapter 2: Welcome to the Neighborhood…………….7Chapter 3: “Bring Two No. 2 Pencils”……………………13Chapter 4: My Assignment………………………………….24Chapter 5: The Farewell Tour………………………………27Chapter 6: The Belly of the Beast………………………….33Chapter 7: Nesting………………………………………….37Chapter 8: The Seventh Graders Arrive………………50Chapter 9: Getting to Know Them………………………57Chapter 10: Al Gore Visits the Billy Goat………………..65Chapter 11: The Kids Are All Right, but the Teachers Are Wrecks……69Chapter 12: Violence………………………………………78Chapter 13: A Five-Week Reorganization………..88Chapter 14: Learning…………………………………..91Chapter 15: An Observation………………………….108Chapter 16: Crime and Punishment……………….111Chapter 17: Thanksgiving Break……………….118Chapter 18: An Intervention……………………….121Chapter 19: The Bathroom Incident…………….126Chapter 20: A Winning Streak……………………….133Chapter 21: So Far…….………………………..141Chapter 22: The Mid-Winter Lull…………..144Chapter 23: The Second Half……………..148Chapter 24: Hip Hop 101…………………….154Chapter 25: Bottoming Out………………….160Chapter 26: No Coincidences………………...169Chapter 27: Pierre……………………………172Chapter 28: Spring Planting……………….176Chapter 29: Bad Things Happen in Threes…180Chapter 30: “Remediation”……………………………187Chapter 31: Assumptions……………………….193Chapter 32: Livin’ on the Edge……..……198Chapter 33: The End of Seventh Grade…203Chapter 34: Fairyland……………………………209Chapter 35: The More Things Change……..223Chapter 36: Cult of Personality…………………232Chapter 37: Trouble……………………………236Chapter 38: Dance Africa…………………..…241Chapter 39: Loving Louis……………………….246Chapter 40: The Downside…………………………….252Chapter 41: Another Christmas……………….257Chapter 42: Cruel January………………………265Chapter 43: A Prayer in School……………….275Chapter 44: Recess!………………………………..279Chapter 45: The Teacher Certification Test…283Chapter 46: Midnight Catches a Snake…………287Chapter 47: Lost Parents………………………..291Chapter 48: Mother’s Day…………………………293Chapter 49: Guns of Summer…………………….297Chapter 50: Going From Here…………………………….300Chapter 51: Graduation……………………..……….305