was about. Claudia told her step mother the day's events and Claudia's step mom replied, “How could you have possibly forgotten to cite your sources for the speech? That is the most important part of the whole assignment! Claudia, I think I need to get you a tutor. You need to focus more on school. No more coffee trips either with your friends. Oh, and one last thing- please stop crying. You are fifteen years old and you are distracting me from my work.” After listening to her step mother's spiel, Claudia did immediately stop crying. In fact, Claudia was no longer sad anymore. She was angry. All she was to her step mother was a grade. She wasn't a human being judged by her personality, she was just a grade producing machine. A machine, that
