Hi, this is Miss Jones again.

I'm finding your son very disruptive in class, more so than other students.

I feel like the teacher doesn't like me.

Other kids do bad things, but they don't get in trouble.

He's defiant and shows a real lack of respect for any structure or authority.

I hate school because the teachers are always mean to me, and I don't feel like I'm learning anything.

I'm really concerned about his behavior.

I'm always getting in trouble for what I didn't do.

We're going to have to adopt a zero-tolerance policy, young man.

School keeps calling my mother, and she gets really, really mad at me.

What is going on? You better explain yourself.

[I] Feel like the whole world is just turned up against me and doesn't like me anymore.

There are days I get up, and I just decide I'm not going to school.

If you go to the park, like, everybody's always telling me I'm not worth anything, so what's the point of trying?

I know the cops are watching us, but we just hope we don't get caught.

Your son's absences are a problem.

They will definitely affect his grade point average.

I don't feel safe in my class anymore.

Should I assume you're unprepared again today?

I would always eventually get picked on by the teacher, and he makes examples of me.

I feel really singled out, and I just try to avoid people because every time I look, somebody's always talking about me, "Oh, she's always getting in trouble."

But I started fighting more because nobody wants to hang out around a troublemaker.

The only time I have real friends is when I'm on the block, so...

That's where I'll stay.

I'm sure you understand we take our discipline policies very seriously here at the school.

What are we gonna do about your son?

[African American and Latino students are expelled at a rate three times greater than Whites.]