“My daddy works in a bank, ”Billy said. “I guess I want to work in a bank too. There’s lots of money in the bank. ”
“My parents have a store, ”Emmy said. “But I want to be an airline pilot. ”
Jodie liked it when Mr Swales asked them questions like this. He was about to call on Jodie when the girls in the back row burst out laughing. Shirley shouted, “Jodie’s Daddy is a garbage man! ”Everybody in the class laughed out loud. Everybody except Jodie, that is. She felt her face turn bright red. She looked around the whole classroom. Everyone was laughing. Some kids were even holding their noses. Jodie looked at Mr Swales. He was angry. He almost never raised his voice, but now he did. “Silence! I want everybody quiet now. ”
The laughter stopped immediately. The sound of cars and people going by out on the street came through the windows. “You should be ashamed of yourselves, ”Mr Swales said. “Being a garbage man. . . I mean, a difficult and very useful job. We should all be grateful to Mr Harris. ”
“It’s not funny, ”Mr Swales went on. “Garbage is a serious matter. I think you all owe Jodie an apology. And after that, you’re all going to write Jodie’s father, Mr Harris, a nice letter to tell him how much you appreciate what he does for all of us. In other words, keeping our city clean. ”
Everyone said“Sorry, Jodie”but Jodie could tell they didn’t really mean it. She also knew nobody wanted to write her father a letter. She wished Mr Swales wouldn’t make them do it. Her face was burning red and she felt like crying. Mr Swales came to her desk and patted her shoulder. “Let’s go out in the hall while everyone’s writing those letters so we can have a private talk. ”
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