Having taught 5th grade briefly in south central LA following the Watts Riots (the Draft and Vietnam soon removed me from those duties), I am grateful for Troy's courage but also for his obvious intelligence. Age promotion policy of LA Unified put non-readers into my classroom. Hard to reach them at that late point with a class of 30 students. They needed one-on-one tutoring. Troy obviously picked some foundational tools - maybe that grandmother helped! Looking forward to Part II.