One to Ten

Oh, that eighth "D"! Ten boys instilled fear not only in the school but in the entire city. Their anthem, their flag, established rituals, a hierarchy formed once and unchanging. A true men's class! In the First Men's General Education School (PMOSh), there has never been, nor can there be, a single girl — they simply have no place here. None of the eighth-graders could even imagine how the experiment conceived by the principal would end. That spring morning, they arrived in their classroom as always and saw her — a girl. Fragile Sayli turned the life of each of these strong guys upside down, forcing them to look at themselves differently. She achieved a clean victory — 10:0!