The roller coaster of Dasani’s life is one that never ends. On March 14, she gets into another serious fight, attacking a girl so ferociously that she lands a Level 3, for “serious acts of aggression,” her worst disciplinary infraction yet. Over Easter, she must go to “intercession,” a temporary residence for students who have misbehaved. She is so bitter that she tells the Akerses she wants to leave their home permanently. She blames everyone but herself. The girl she fought is to blame: “Don’t disrespect me and you won’t feel my fire.”
