ABSTRACT

He came into the room. It was packed: To Frankie it seemed to be wall-to-wall teachers. He wondered if any of his own teachers were there, but he was too anxious to look around and study every face. There was a big man way over in the comer. He wondered if that was Mr. Bender, his English teacher. He didn’t get along too well with Mr. Bender. Mr. Bender was always upset if you were even a little bit tardy.