Realising her mistake, the girl stood quiet and stared at the floor.
This continued for a minute or so, then Mrs Strickland went to her desk, got her ruler and started to take the girl to the bathroom.
I was overwhelmed by my curiosity and by my affection for the girl, so I yelled out – and I mean loud:
“She said ‘fuck’, Mrs. Strickland
The whole class turned and looked at me and started the ‘oohs’ again.
Even a teacher walking by in the hallway poked her head in to see what was happening.
Mrs Strickland at first looked kind of dumbfounded at what I had said.
So I said the f word again.
Within a second, she was racing back towards me.
She grabbed me by the arm and lead me to the bathroom.