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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

SEPTEMBER

IMAGINATION CAN CONVINCE YOUR MIND OF MANY CRAZY THINGS.

"AT LUNCHTIME, I WAS AFRAID TO GO OUT FOR RECESS, SINCE I FIGURED THAT MRS. BAKER HAD PROBABLY RECRUTED AN EIGHTH GRADER TO DO SOMETHING AWFUL TO ME." (SCHMIDT 6).

OCTOBER

FAMILIARITY BRINGS GREATER UNDERSTANDING.

"IT WAS AS IF MRS. BAKER HAD SUDDENLY BECOME NOT MRS. BAKER. IT WAS LIKE I HAD HAD ANOTHER VISION, ONLY THIS ONE WAS REAL." (SCHMIDT 32).

NOVEMBER

THERE AREN'T ALWAYS HAPPY ENDINGS.

"AND SOMETIMES THE QUALITY OF MERCY IS STRAINED." (SCHMIDT 72).

DECEMBER

GOOD DEEDS CAN BE REWARDED IN SURPRISING WAYS.

"Joe Pepitone and Horace Clarke were waiting for us in the bleachers...The two greatest players to put on Yankee pinstripes since Babe Ruth." (Schmidt 98).

JANUARY

SACRIFICE PERSONAL WELFARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF FRIENDS AND/OR FAMILY.

"Whatever it means to be a friend, taking a black eye for someone has to be in it." (Schmidt 103).

FEBRUARY

YOUR PERSONAL PROBLEMS ARE OFTEN TRIVIAL COMPARED TO THE REAL LIFE TRAGEDIES OF OTHERS.

"When we picked up the telegram, Meryl Lee and I could hardly not read it ourselves. Or at least the words that mattered: DOWNED HELICOPTER TRANSPORT STOP KHESANH STOP LT T BAKER MISSING IN ACTION STOP" (Schmidt 155).

MARCH

HUMAN GOODNESS OVERCOMES PREJUDICE.

"And when Mrs. Bigio got to Mai Thi, she stopped, and lifted a plate down onto her desk, and said, "I am so sorry, Mai Thi. I am so sorry." (Schmidt 183).

APRIL

LIFE CAN BE FULL OF SAD AND HAPPY THINGS.

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MAY

GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE.

"SWEET EYES STOP"
(Schmidt 236).

JUNE

NO TOADS, BEETLES, OR BATS.

"Because let me tell you, it was a happy ending." (Schmidt 264).