Class Dismissed follows three very different seniors through their last year at the nation's most diverse high
school, taking us deep into the hearts and minds of American teenagers and American society today.
Table of Contents
Introduction: All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in High School
Prologue--April 2000: Fire!
August 1999: Same Old Same Old
September 1999: What's Up
October 1999: Bling, Bling
November 1999: Stressing
December 1999: Crackdown
January 2000: Scandalous
February 2000: Breakdown
March 2000: On the Down Low
April 2000: Feelin' the Heat
May 2000: Ready or Not
June 2000: Class Dismissed
Afterword: Everything We Need to Know We Can Learn from Our High Schools
The Year After: "What Ever Happened to Autumn, Jordan, and Keith?"