Miss Anderson's Class
Miss Anderson's 7th grade homeroom includes 25 students. Most families speak English only and foreign language is not introduced into public schools until high school, so most of her students do not have much experience with another language. School in Alabama is very similar to school in other states--the students here study reading, grammar, math, civics, and science (Miss Anderson is their science teacher!). Cuba is about halfway down the state and on the Mississippi border. Our school is in a very rural part of Alabama, in a town with a population of about 300.