051111 #martian 1. On the way to work, I was drowning in an anxious circle of expired plates, no license, might be pregnant, what if the kids needs need braces, what about college, can't even pay student loans, spend all my time working for nowhere near enough money, why isn't it enough, and so on. Then first hour, Malcolm said, "You all right, Mister Schulte? You look like you been in a bad movie. Like you were the guy drowning, and the slow-motion life-guard came running down the beach, and you were screaming, and he was running even slower.... What's up with the slow-motion thing, anyway?" 2. Devonte thinks he'll always be charismatic. He said school is a fun place for him to be happy, to get away from his real life, where he has to always be looking around, serious, ready to fight. 3. Is there a pattern to who my favorite students are? Part of it is "misfits," but that's not all there is to it.