Terena can be harsh.
Terena is a bright girl, but needs to work on her conduct.
Terena needs to respect her teachers more
              has difficulty awaiting instructions
Terena backtalks the teacher, does not respect adults
              shows insubordination
                          insubordination
This child has very clear problems with insubordination
                                                                          insubordination
                                                                          in·sub·or·di·na·tion.
Terena needs to remember we are the grown ups, she is the child.
Terena needs to be a little lady.
Terena would be better served if she listened
                                                                     waited
                                                                     tried.
                          insubordination
                          insubordination
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Terena only brings this on herself.

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Terena Elizabeth Bell has published in The Atlantic, Playboy, The Yale Review, Juked, and others. Her novel was excerpted by Malarkey Books, and her short fiction has won grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Originally from Sinking Fork, Kentucky, she lives in New York, where she is completing an experimental collection.

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