Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire Page #5

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and I dropped out of school.

So l never got

my reading and writing together.

My favorite color's black.

What do you do good?

''Well,'' Joann. ''What do you do well?''

-What do l do well?

-No. Rita?

l'm a good mother. Very good mother.

My name's Jermaine.

My favorite color is red.

Tel l us where you were born first.

l was born in the Bronx. Still live there.

My favorite color is red. Used to be blue.

l can dance real good.

Homie of mine told me

about Each One Teach One,

so l came here to stay out of trouble.

So you came here to Harlem

to stay out of trouble? ls that right?

Yeah.

-Consuelo?

-This is bul lshit.

You think so?

Claireece?

Can l skip, too?

Joann?

Okay. l'm Joann . Hey.

My favorite color is fluorescent beige

and my ambition is to have

my own record layer.

What's a record layer?

Tell us where you come from

and why you come to this school.

l was born i n Kings Cou nty Hospital,

but my mother moved us to Harlem

when l was nine.

l'm here to get my G ED, and then . . .

Well, l'm already into the music industry.

l'm just trying to take oare of

this little education thing so l can move up.

Let's beg in . This is ABE.

Can l go?

l wish I could sit

in the back of the class again.

My name Claireece ''Precious'' Jones.

l go by Precious.

l live in Harlem . l like yellow.

And l had problems at my other school,

so l come here.

Something you do well?

Nothing.

Everybody's good at something.

Come on.

Well , l oan cook. And. . .

l never really talked in class before.

How does that make you feel?

Here.

lt makes me feel here.

Everybody open their journal.

Write the date at the top of the page,

and write.

l don't care if you spell everything wrong.

l don't care if it's grammatically incorrect.

But just write.

Write anything that you're feeling.

This class will be a revolving door.

Some of you will make it

and some of you won't.

Fifteen min utes. Go.

Before, l got a A-minus at English,

and l didn 't have to say nothing.

Ms. Rain saId we gonna read

and write in our notebooks every day.

How we supposed to do that?

But then she see the worry on my face

and she say,

''The longest journey

begin with a singIe step. ''

Whatever the f*** that's supposed to mean.

Come on , come on , do the work.

You love it, love it, learn it.

Consuelo?

''C'' for Consuelo.

''C'' for kiok your ass.

lt's ''K'' for kick your ass, stupid.

l got the ''D,'' Ms. Rain.

''D'' for dick.

Ms. Rai n , tell this little-ass b*tch

that she don't know me.

Which you wish you had.

-Help her.

-''E.''

''E.''

''E.''

''F'' for fat.

What?

Good.

Hey! Hey! Hey! Q u it it! Hey!

-What?

-Hey, you stop it right now!

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