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• "l will not go down underground 'Cause somebody tells me that death's comin' 'round"

• Okay, this is another Dylan poem.

• Now, is that a code, or does that just mean what it says?

• "nd ! will not carry mysel down to die #hen ! go to my gra$e %y head will be high"

• "%y head will be high." #hat does that mean?

• nybody.

• Nobody.

• ls there something ! should know?

•  &eah. !'ll tell you. &ou ratted on aul, (usmaro and )milio.

•  &eah. &ou got )milio put into detention.• lt wasn't none o your business, chismosa.

• nd you got aul and (usmaro suspended.

• * Now they're gonna get their uckin' asses kicked.

* nd you got )milio**

* +ey, ! didn't rat on anybody.

* #asn't none o your business anyway, you chismosa.

* ullshit.

* -et this**

* old you she was ull o shit.

* /nitches get stitches, bitch.

• Do you wanna talk about this?

• On you, shit. #hate$er 0oats your boat, teach.

• #e don't ha$e no choices in this room.

• #ell, i you all eel that strongly about it, lea$e the room.

• #hat?

• +ey, listen.

• Nobody's orcing you to be here. &ou ha$e a choice. &ou can stay, or you can lea$e.

• -ady, why are you playin' this game? #e don't ha$e a choice.•  &ou don't ha$e a choice? &ou don't ha$e a choice on whether or not you're here?

• No. l we lea$e, we don't get to graduate. l we stay, we gotta put up with you.

• #ell, that's a choice, isn't it? &ou ha$e a choice. &ou either don't graduate or you ha$e to put up with

me. lt may not be a choice you like, but it is a choice.

• %an, you don't understand nothin'. - mean, you don't come rom where we li$e.

* &ou** &ou're not bussed here.

• Do you ha$e a choice to get on that bus?

• %an, you come and li$e in my neighbourhood or one week... and then you tell me i you got a choice

•  here are a lot o people who li$e in your neighbourhood who choose not to get on that bus.

• #hat do they choose to do? hey choose to go out and sell drugs. hey choose to go out and kill

people. hey choose to do a lot o other things. ut they choose not to get on that bus.

 he people who choose to get on that bus, which are you, are the people who are saying,

"l will not carry mysel down to die #hen ! go to my gra$e %y head will be high"

 hat is a choice.

 here are no $ictims in this classroom1

• #hy do you care anyway? &ou just here or the money.

• ecause ! make a choice to care. nd, honey, the money ain't that good.

• * #hate$er.

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* ead it again, %iss 2ohnson.

• #hat?

• ead those lines you just read again.

• "l will not go down underground 'Cause somebody tells me that death's comin' 'round"

Does that mean just what it says?

• No, it don't mean just what it says. ecause... you wouldn't go under the ground... i someone told yo

death was comin'. ut you would go into the ground i you were already dead.

• Do the rest o you agree with that?• #ell, ! kinda agree with it, but ! think it just means that... he ain't gonna help death out, you know? lt'

not like he's just gonna lay down and wait or it. ! think he's gonna choose** No, ! think he's gonnamake the choice** to die hard.

• %m*hmm.

• * &eah, ! agree with that.

* &eah, me too.

* hat's what it sounds like to me.

• Okay. #ell, what about, uh, the rest o it? 3m** "#hen ! go to my gra$e %y head will be high" "+ead

will be high." #hat does that mean?

• * &ou're gonna die with pride.

* ight.

* /ee you tomorrow.

* Callie, wait up1