Get out in the water before you get in your boat!" The other students reluctantly waded into the lake and climbed into their canoes. We practiced stro...es for about fifteen minutes. I had trouble with the J stroke.Will noticed, "Kyle, what are you doing? Put more twist in your wrist when you do the stroke."We practiced some more. I couldn't keep the canoe straight. Will yelled, "Kyle, what are you doing? Lift more at the end of the stroke." We practiced for a few more minutes. I was getting. Most of his classes had over thirty-five students, this one had twelve. There was only one other teacher who was even qualified to teach it, a delightfully irreverent Nigerian who had retired from the Navy and had a friggin’ doctorate in math. The two men had become good friends, sharing their irreverence over lunch but he had hinted that he too needed to move on. He would miss this class. They all had outrageously high SAT scores—particularly in math. They never goofed off or tried to get away. Heran as fast as he could to his Mother's shop and when she saw whatstate he was in, she locked the door and put out the closed sign."What on earth happened? Why are you crying and why are you all coveredwith dirt?"Tom explained how one of the boys at school found out about hisunderwear and what he had done and said. His Mother was furious, andstarted to call the school, but Tom stopped her."If you call the school; every one will find out what happed and I willnever live it down! You can't call. I went straight upstairs to my room. The door to mom's room was closed.I sat on my bed and fought back tears. Occasionally, one tear would trickle down my cheek. I heard my brothers arrive and a little while later I could hear the Xbox. I wondered if they had any feelings of impending doom. How could they not know something bad was about to happen?I could hear Aunt Shannon rattling pots and pans in the kitchen. She called Tim to set the table and five minutes later; she called everyone to.