After the fight that Jeannette’s mom and dad had. The mom got up with the kids and applied for a job at the Battle Mountain Intermediate School and was hired on the spot because she had a teaching degree. Her mother hated teaching because her own mother was a teacher and pushed her into getting a degree in that so she would have a job to fall back on if her plans on being an artist failed. She was so angry that her mother might’ve been right all along. The only thing that really unsettled me was when she was trying to Miss Beatty that she was capable of disciplining her students. She stating to yell at Lori and went so far as whipping her with a wooden paddle in front of the whole class when she wasn’t even misbehaving. It also made sad that Lori accepted the punishment because her mother didn’t want to upset the other kids in the class. Even though she was trying to prove point I still think it was unfair to hit Lori or any other kids because that didn’t go anything like misbehaving. Even though her mother got a job teaching, money was still scaris in the household. Her father would take the whole pay check the mom brings home. This mad me extremely mad reading this because her father is acting like nothing is wrong with taking the money but he’s using it for his research and drinking habits and then the house is left with no food yet again. When she tried to hid the money or forgetting her paycheck just to keep it away from him, he actually went to the school and personally escorted her to the bank so she could cash it. When they were out of money yet again the father asked the kids where their lunches were and they said there was no food in the house. The father blames the mother the reason there was no food was because she kept the spending money for art supplies. However, its not even the mothers fault but the fathers when they went to cash in the check the father brought them to Owl
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They moved again because of the whole Billy incident. Billy started following Jeanette around like a puppy dog. He told everyone the he was her boyfriend and even gave her a ring that used to be his mothers. What angered me the most was when Billy showed her something funny and it was his father that peed himself. She didn’t think this was funny at all because he told her that her father was the same as his. I didn’t think this was funny because I am speechless to even think a child her age seeing a grown man’s penis right out in the open. After this some of the kids in the neighborhood were playing hide and seek and Billy was hiding in the same spot as Jeanette. Billy leaned in and kissed her, which was disgusting to her and tried to pull away. Since she couldn’t get away from his grip she bit his ear. Due to her denying Billy he came over to her house with a BB gun and started shooting at everyone. In self-defense they took their father’s gun and fired it at Billy. In the same night the father said they are going to
They moved again because of the whole Billy incident. Billy started following Jeanette around like a puppy dog. He told everyone the he was her boyfriend and even gave her a ring that used to be his mothers. What angered me the most was when Billy showed her something funny and it was his father that peed himself. She didn’t think this was funny at all because he told her that her father was the same as his. I didn’t think this was funny because I am speechless to even think a child her age seeing a grown man’s penis right out in the open. After this some of the kids in the neighborhood were playing hide and seek and Billy was hiding in the same spot as Jeanette. Billy leaned in and kissed her, which was disgusting to her and tried to pull away. Since she couldn’t get away from his grip she bit his ear. Due to her denying Billy he came over to her house with a BB gun and started shooting at everyone. In self-defense they took their father’s gun and fired it at Billy. In the same night the father said they are going to