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Rose Spencer
Also known as Mr. D, he teachers history and is the coach for the Whiz Kids team. He is an enthusiastic teacher and loves his job, but he doesn’t initially believe that Melody can participate in class, much less score highly on his tests. He allows Melody onto the Whiz Kids team and makes accommodations for her, but in the end he allows the Whiz Kids team to leave for DC without her, demonstrating that he never truly accepted her as an important member of his team.
Mr. Dimming Quotes in Out of My Mind
The Out of My Mind quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Dimming or refer to Mr. Dimming. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 22
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I still couldn’t get over the fact that I was part of the team. Okay. Truth. There was the team, and there was me, and we were in the same room. But we weren’t quite a team. They appreciated the fact that I usually got the answers right, but…
When Mr. Dimming gave us multiple-choice questions to answer, I had to think for only a moment, then hit the correct letter on my machine. But lots of the preparation involved fast-and-furious, back-and-forth discussions, and I had trouble adding anything to what was being said—most of the time.
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Mr. Dimming Quotes in Out of My Mind
The Out of My Mind quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Dimming or refer to Mr. Dimming. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 22
Quotes
I still couldn’t get over the fact that I was part of the team. Okay. Truth. There was the team, and there was me, and we were in the same room. But we weren’t quite a team. They appreciated the fact that I usually got the answers right, but…
When Mr. Dimming gave us multiple-choice questions to answer, I had to think for only a moment, then hit the correct letter on my machine. But lots of the preparation involved fast-and-furious, back-and-forth discussions, and I had trouble adding anything to what was being said—most of the time.
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