The Bird
ELD (English language development). Third period was the eleventh graders. About twenty minutes into class, Rebecca arrived. She had an excused tardy pass from the attendance office. I told her what the assignment was. (They were writing essays.) She said she'd already finished. Then she asked to go and see her counselor. I gave her a pass. I've had Rebecca in various classes since she was in middle school. She can be a little irritating. But she's never made the blog before now. She returned from the counselor after only about ten minutes. And that's the first time Rafael noticed her. "You're late," he said. "Where have you been? Class is halfway over. You should be working on your essay. It's due tomorrow." Rebecca turned to him and flipped him off. And me? I told Rafael to mind his own business and get back to the essay he was not working on. I'm supposed to call Rebecca out for inappropriate hand gestures and all, but seriously... At ...