If it wasn't for Ms. Baker 'making' me read Shakespeare, my date with Meryl Lee wouldn't have gone so well when we went to see Romeo and Juliet. Maybe, she doesn't hate me?

Holling's drawing of his dad's model of the Jr High is fabulous. I can't wait to show it to my dad!

February: Holling and Meryl Lee go on a date to Woolworth and to see Romeo and Juliet. Holling was worried that Meryl Lee would think he's a cheapskate. Mrs. Baker advises him, "It's not how much you spend on a lady...it's how much you give her of yourself."

Ms. Baker I didn't know you were a XVI Olympiad in Blebourne in 1936. WOW! Thanks for teaching me to be a better runner.

Congratulations making Coach Quantrini"s Cross Country team! Remember, to lean forward, head straight and still, hands loose, and control your breathing.

March: Ms. Baker gives Holling running tips to improve his form to tryout and make the Cross Country team. Holling gives Ms. Baker teaching tips like don't roll her eyes and say something in code when someone does good like "Azalea" or Chrysanthemum."

Look, Holling at the architectual history of the Empire State buidling. You would make a great architect, you have a good eye for design.

May: Ms. Baker takes Holling on a field trip around New York to see the different historical buildings because she believes he is a promising architect.

I never saw old buildings in this way--I can see myself as an architect.

You're righ!