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[Paragraph 17] I would sit there thinking to myself, What
do these school principals think? Do they really think that
when there's a war in your village or when your town is
attacked, and people are gunned down in front of you, and
you're running for your life, you're thinking to yourself, "You
know, I must take my report card and put it in the back of
my pocket."
At some of these interviews, I was able to say some of these
things, thinking that it would be funny. But the school
principals didn't find it funny. I learned a new American term
for what they did find it. They were "weirded out" by the
strange sense of humor that I had about this.
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Consider Ishmael's imagined response
to the principals about his report card.
What does this suggest about the
principals' perspectives? (3 points)
Write your answer here:
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