Gettin' Okie

We been doin' The Grapes of Wrath in my AP classes. Man, I shore do love this book. What's more, the kids, they seem to like it purty well, too. It's got ever'thing a teacher can hope for. Symbolism, allusion, multiple themes, dialect, political messages, controversy, ever'thing. And I get to let my proper grammar go and really tawk like a Okie durin' the lessons.

Several of my AP students don't have the grades they want in my class. I mean, to the point there were tears. So I got to thinking abo