Name: _________________________________________
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Date: _________________________________
Reading: Class Quotes for Schooled. Samples. 2012-13 Final List
Directions: Consider the following quotes and traits for your Schooled paragraph.
1. Cap:
A. “Cap had bought the bracelet and had it engraved just so I wouldn’t feel bad
about Dad blowing me off. He got absolutely nothing in return… He couldn’t expect
so much as a thank-you… He did this for no other reason than to make me happy.”
(p. 176)
Trait: generous, humane, empathetic, selfless
B. “There was something inside [Cap] that nobody else understood, something
mysterious and strong. Not muscle strong or fighting strong  a kind of strength
that gave him the self-control to meditate instead of falling apart, or to ignore what
other people thought, and find meaning in a dead bird.” (p. 66)
Traits: resilient, pacifistic, even-tempered, balanced
C. “‘Death is a part of life,’ he said simply. ‘This is just another part of your journey.
Fly well.’” (p. 42)
Traits: naïve, empathetic, sensitive, Zen, humane
D. “‘Rain says there should be no limit to giving,’ he lectured serenely. ‘Only
taking.’”
Trait: impractical, naïve, idealistic
2. Zach:
A. “When Cap Anderson becomes the most popular, happening kid at C Average
Middle School, that’s the end of the world. Especially when you consider that the
guy he replaced was me.” (p. 120)
Trait: cynical, self-centered, conceited, arrogant
B. “‘My whole life, it’s always been obvious what sports to play, what bands to listen
to, what people to hang out with. It’s as if I was born with a natural guidance system
inside my head, showing me how to be cool.’ My brow clouded. ‘But Cap Anderson
doesn’t come with a book of instructions.’” (p. 169)
Traits: disgraced, arrogant, narcissistic, insecure, vain, self-centered,
C. “This was my time  eighth grade, captain of the football and soccer teams, Big
Man on Campus. After two years of looking up to other people, I’d finally made it to
the point where there was nobody to look up to but me.” (p. 13)
Traits: power-hungry, conceited, self-centered, superior, arrogant,
ambitious, narcissistic, self-serving
D. “Look, Cap’s president. We’re stuck with that. But there’s still time to puncture
the tires of this bandwagon before the Halloween dance ratchets him up to icon
status.” (p. 126)
Traits: jealous, envious, threatened, vulnerable, dastardly, power-hungry,
malevolent, cunning, insidious, mischievous, underhanded, callous, cynical
3. Naomi:
A. “…Here’s the part I’d never admit to anyone, certainly not Zach: deep, deep
down, I was rooting for Cap to stick it back in all our faces. For sure we deserved it.
Especially me, because I was starting to know better.” (p. 69)
Traits: moral / immoral, conflicted, empathetic, self-conscious, reflective,
guilt-ridden, regretful, shameful, disgraced, duplicitous, ambitious, immature,
insecure
B. “…Something came over me  I still can’t explain it. I walked out and stood
beside Cap… The look of sympathy on the hippie’s face was so honest, so pure, it
planted the emotions inside my heart… I caught a disapproving look from Zach…
Yet it seemed so right, and I couldn’t be sorry for that.” (p. 42)
Traits: moral, conflicted, empathetic, reflective, mature
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C. “Meltdown  that’s the only word to describe my state of mind. For months I
had been wandering the desert, throwing myself at that undeserving creep Zach.
Now  finally  I understood my true feelings. And it was too late.” (pp. 163-4)
Traits: regretful, ashamed, conflicted
4. Hugh:
A. “Victims have no power. That’s what makes us victims.” (p. 71)
[See page 70-1 for more quotes on Hugh…]
Traits: vulnerable, cynical,
B. “Being liked was a feeling I… might never know. And to have that rubbed in my
face by… the only person around who was more of an outsider than I was  it was
the ultimate insult… To say that to me… was beyond cruel… I was finished with
Capricorn Anderson.” (p. 119)
Traits: inferior, lonely, jealous, envious, selfish, disloyal
C. “If Cap Anderson had never been born, the name announced to the whole school
would have been mine. My strange and hairy new friend was the only thing
preventing me from being the next Luke Simard… I shut my mouth and kept it
shut… I felt bad about it, but I felt something else too: Better him than me.” (pp. 312)
Trait: opportunistic, disloyal, self-centered, cynical, immoral, vulnerable,
damaged
Sophie:
A. “My mother is the most generous, caring, good-hearted, sympathetic person in
the world. She even chose a career devoted to helping people. She’s a saint. I
always knew that lousy attitude was going to get us in trouble one day.” (p. 56)
Traits: cynical, negative, pessimistic, delicate, damaged
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B. “I had never said a civil word to Capricorn Anderson. From the day he’d first set
foot in our house, I’d declared war on the poor kid. I’d… never missed a chance to
point out what a loser he was. And he’d responded by doing the most wonderful
thing anyone had done for me.” (p. 176)
Traits: reflective, judgmental, critical, ashamed, honest, self-centered,
cynical, arrogant, regretful, immoral, guilt-ridden, appreciative, damaged
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