My Teacher Threw My Report About My Marine Dad’s Dog in the Trash and Made Me Apologize—Then Scout Walked Into Our Classroom
The same kind everyone received.
She felt unexpectedly pleased.
Not because a gold star proved everything was resolved.
Because her work was once again being treated like work.
At recess, she stopped beside the Hero Wall.
The clean report was still there.
Her title was straight.
The photograph of Scout sat above the paragraph about passive alert.