My Teacher Threw My Report About My Marine Dad’s Dog in the Trash and Made Me Apologize—Then Scout Walked Into Our Classroom
“What did you write?”
“That Scout outranks you when he’s working.”
Ben smiled.
“I said it as a joke about how seriously we take his trained response.
It isn’t a statement about rank.”
Clara nodded.
She made a note beside the sentence.
Joke, not actual rank.