Working class children from any talkative, emotionally expressive ethnicity may feel lost and confused by the long periods of quiet expected in a classroom. All their lives they have heard a steady stream of talk in their community. They may burst out in the middle of someone else’s speaking, showing they are appropriately aggressive and entertaining. “Entertaining” will be the last word a boy’s teacher would use to describe this behavior, however. On the other hand, although eager to interrupt when something exciting occurs to them, kids like Teegie and Lem may be lost when asked a direct
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