Friday Everything Changed
... The Friday Everything Changed, by Anne Hart, demonstrates that challenging role expectations takes courage and often results in changes for everyone. ... Every Friday, an hour at the end of the day was reserved for Junior Red Cross, which was a reading session. ... When Alma Niles has the courage to question established practice, the classroom is changed forever. ... " Miss Ralston also has a certain amount of courage, for she surprises everyone by saying, "Ill think about that, and Ill let you know next Friday. ... "The trouble started right away as soon as [the children] got into the schoolyard, because all the boys knew, from the moment Miss Ralston had spoken, that something of theirs was being threatened and that, at long as there was the remotest chance that any girl might get to carry the water, they had to do everything in their power to stop it. ... The effects of the dilemma permanently changed how the classroom was to operate in the future.