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Frazz |
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Born maybe 30 years ago and christened Edwin Frazier, Frazz is the school janitor and Renaissance Man - a friend, role model, teacher, buddy, kid, grown-up, and the only real authority figure in the school. Frazz took the job when things weren't working out for him as a songwriter. He kept it when he hit it big. |
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Caulfield |
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Born eight years ago and named after J.D. Salinger's attitudinal protagonist, Caulfield is a handful. He is a genius, but hates school because it bores him. He loves Frazz because Frazz challenges him. Caulfield understands Marx's theories of class division but can't sit still through a class of long division. He spends a lot of time in detention discussion great books with Frazz. |
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Mrs. Olsen |
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Born just this side of the Pleistocene era, Mrs. Olsen burned out on teaching during the Jurassic era. Now she's just marking time until the Retirement era. She hates her job, she hates her students, and she's hated Frazz ever since he was her student. If she has a redeeming quality, it is that she exposes kids to life under a capricious, malevolent authority figure while they still have the resilience to overcome it. Their resistance only strengthens her bitter resolve. |
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Mr. Burke |
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Born to teach, Mr. Burke is the school's best teacher and Frazz's best friend. He doesn't understand why Frazz still pushes a broom, but he can't picture the school without him. His one-on-one basketball games with Frazz are masterpieces of dismal skills and stellar thinking; they'll save the world before either sinks a basket. And they'll save it one conversation, and one kid, at a time. |
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Mr. Spaetzle |
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Born yesterday, Bryson Elementary's principal has all of the credentials, most of the skills, and nary a clue. He runs a smooth operation for a diverse and demanding student body, but he can't seem to garner the respect he craves. Mr. Spaetzle wants to be looked up to. He wants to be liked. He wants to be Frazz. |
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Miss Plainwell |
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This first-grade teacher is also a first-rate babe. She's cute, smart and sweet. She's the only person who can fluster the unflappable Frazz, and the last person who'd want to. They'd be the perfect couple if they could just get past the preliminaries. |
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