Naming conventions indicate characters of different ethnic backgrounds, but the book subscribes to a white default. Kermit, most of his students, and two administrators, Korman spins a narrative of redemption and belief in exceeding self-expectations. Kermit finds he may even care a little about them, and they start to care back in their own way, turning a corner and bringing along a few ghosts from Mr. Kermit unexpectedly stands up for a student, the kids of SCS-8 notice his sense of “justice and fairness.” Mr. His relationship with his seven students-diverse in temperament, circumstance, and ability-will be one of “uncomfortable roommates” until June. So when he is assigned to teach the Self-Contained Special Eighth-Grade Class-a dumping ground for “the Unteachables,” students with “behavior issues, learning problems, juvenile delinquents”-he is unfazed, as he is only a year away from early retirement. Zachary Kermit, a 55-year-old teacher, has been haunted for the last 27 years by a student cheating scandal that has earned him the derision of his colleagues and killed his teaching spirit. An isolated class of misfits and a teacher on the edge of retirement are paired together for a year of (supposed) failure.
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