May 13

[from an essay on Cleopatra]

"Caligula later executed Psolemy Caesarion, and Cleopatra's other sons simply diappear from history and are assumed to have died."

May 4

Deandre: "Man if I had a school, Joe, It'd be huge. It'd take up three city blocks. I have roaches in there."
Mr. Sebacher: "Roaches?"
Deandre: "And rats. So the kids could play with them. It'd be a grammer school inside a high school."
Mr. Sebacher: "Why do you think kids would enjoy playing with rats of all things?"
Deandre: "I don't know, Mr. Sebacher. Why you so nosey?"
Mr. Sebacher: "Just curious."
Karessa: "That shit is not normal."
Deandre: "No, I'm just playin'. If I saw roaches in my school I'd be pissed. I'd tell them to shut that school down, blow it up, make a big hole. Ants are okay, though. When I see ants I light them on fire."
Karessa: "That's fucked up."
Mr. Sebacher: "Yeah Deandre, that's pretty messed up."

May 4

Deandre: "I watch Dr. Phil."
Mr. Tobin: "Has your life changed?"
Deandre: "Hell no. He just cusses me out."

May 4

Robert: "Mr. Sebacher, you sound like the CTA [Chicago Transportation Authority] guy on the bus. 'This, is Pulaski. Doors open on the left at Pulaski.'"
Mr. Sebacher: "Very good, Robert."

May 4

[Studlisha is banging a bottle of frozen water against her desk.]
Deandre: "Get the fuck over here. Stop that now."
Mr. Sebacher: "Deandre, let's not swear. Lisha, quiet down."
Deandre: "I'm sorry, Mr. Sebacher. She's jus' makin' noise in my classroom. If this was my classroom, I'd be cussing them out. This is my class, why does everyone gotta keep on makin' noise?"
Mr. Sebacher: "I don't know, Deandre."

May 4

Tonnee: "I got that swine flu."
Kimberly: "You do?"
Tonnee: "No, I'm just playin'. I don't have swine flu."