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1. Uttered Words<\/h3>\n

In the excitement of a moment — Getting a problem right? Getting a good test score? I don’t remember precisely what the moment involved. In that moment, Joe uttered a profanity. The class looked at him and then looked up in unison at the Be Nice<\/em><\/strong> poster on the wall, bullet six of which says Speak as if Nani is here<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“His grandmother!” someone said. “What about Mr. Hasan’s grandmother?”<\/p>\n

Joe looked at me with an obvious grimace of shame on his face. And he folded his hands and bowed his head.<\/p>\n

“I am sorry, Nani. I am sorry, Nani,” he said.<\/p>\n

\"apologizing<\/a><\/p>\n

2. Thrown Grapes<\/h3>\n

Days later I found a couple grapes on the floor. I almost stepped on one as I was wondering between the tables as the kids were working on inverse functions.<\/p>\n

“Wait,” I said loudly. They looked up. “Whose grape is this?”<\/p>\n

It was Joe’s. He fessed up.<\/p>\n

“I was trying to throw it in the garbage,” he said. Except that the grape was in the middle of the room and garbage was on the far side. <\/p>\n

“Can you throw it out for me, please?”<\/p>\n

Of course he did, and then later he came up and put a sticker on my hand. It came from a tangerine he had just eaten. It said, Sweetest Grandma<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"my<\/a><\/p>\n

He takes Nani’s presence to heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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