A couple of things that I remember from the conversation between Joni and Mr. Kratzman (who did look quite good for his age).
He said that he remembered Joni always sat in the back of the class to the left. She picked people from the class that she wanted to sit around her. They even mentioned names of a classmate or two. Joni said she knew Mr. Kratzman was cool when he said "you can chew gum in class, as long as you bring enough for everyone". I could be wrong on this, but I believe she also said that Mr. Kratzman didn't like the text books they were using in the class and told everyone to disgard them. Since he was from Australia, he was going to teach the class about that! (Did I dream that last part? Help!!! Rick, Janine, Ashara, Pearl, Mags, Brian, J.J., Polifka, Stephen, someone??? Jimmy, who would hug Suze or Wally anytime!
