First Line: IN SIXTH GRADE MRS. WALKER / SLAPPED THE BACK OF MY HEAD Subject(s): ALIENATION (SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY); DISSENTERS; EDUCATION; EXILES; LANGUAGE; MARGINALITY, SOCIAL; PERSIMMONS; SCHOOLS; ESTRANGEMENT; OUTCASTS; WORDS; VOCABULARY; STUDENTS;
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