Summary

"After School" – Nicholas tells Coby he cannot play soccer after class, explaining in narration that he has got a two-hour special class that his mother signed him up for, a class in which he gets to spend time with a girl named April. He lies to Coby and says he has to do homework.

"At Miss Quattlebaum’s School of Ballroom Dance and Etiquette." As the poem continues its title, Miss Quattlebaum instructs the girls and boys in her class on overly-formal manners, and then sets them up to dance with each other. Instead of getting to dance with April, Nicholas has to dance with “a girl with chronic halitosis” (21).

"Chivalry." Nicholas (now referred to as Nick) attempts to open the door for April, but another guy beats him to it. Nick then tries to start a conversation with April, but is interrupted...