the note

the other day, lucy came to class dead.  she was representing a life taken by gang violence, so was going throughout the day wearing all black with her face painted white.  she could not speak to anyone, including teachers.  

she also came in with a new hair-do.  her waist-length black hair was bleached up to about 8-inches of the ends.  imagine a paint brush dipped in orange paint.  yeah, it's bad.  

i was happily ignoring her.  eventually she passed me a note.  

"does my bottom hair look funny?"

"it looks artistic.  what did you do to it?"

"i just mix some stuff and then i bleach it and then i foil it for 25 minutes."

oh, that's how you do it!