I’m not, not so good in school, you know? I don’t like it. [pause] My teacher, she’s real nice and everything. But, it’s just like nothing we do there is going to change anything here.” Marcus is referring to the landscape of his neighborhood, a landscape that suggests parents who work hard just to put food on the table. He continued: “This is my world. How’s the word-of-the-day help with this?
