"She had done poorly on a test that was handed back to her. We've always told her that you can't take your feelings out on your teacher, so write about it or draw it, as a catharsis," Barbara Johnson said.
Good for Becca!
If I had received Becca's vocabulary test, I would have upgraded her from a D to a C, minimum.
The girl showed spunk. The school showed flunk.
The girl showed spunk.
The girl sounds like she might really hurt someone someday.
'Spunk' would have been accepting her grade as a consequence of her performance, studying her butt off, and aceing the next vocabulary test.