What's a principal to do when forty-one snakes are turned loose near the lockers, a perky cheerleader gets pregnant, star athletes fail English, and one teacher tells students God is dead and another begins each class with a prayer? Terry Cummins spent most of his life in schoolhouses. In this book, Cummins, nicknamed "Top Cat" by his students, explains why the hearts and minds of teenagers are mysterious, why parents fail more often than...