Ms. Mahkluff, the new gifted program teacher, for Mr. Carnow had bashed Beverly against the wall and was fired; Mahkluff mocked all the letters that the children wrote making fun of them as she read them out loud in class and so in the Lord’s wisdom Joseph bypassed her editing and sent his letter directly to Presidential Candidate Jimmy Carter and separate from the bundle of letters of his class.
 
Had Ms. Mahkluff read his letter, the covert mission against gangs that Joseph had planned would have been placed in jeopardy. She was a loud mouth. That was her namesake, Mahkluff or “to make aloof, as she; a snobbish b*tch.” Nevertheless, in the short future, Joseph was able to accumulate a second merit for attendance to the Academy for ridding the school of the Nazis.
 
            Until then: Joseph related in his letter to Mr. Carter that by the time he read Joseph’s letter, Jimmy would be President of the United States, dated and sealed as the elections began, and then sent in another certified envelope, after such were over, to await the proof of the Lord’s hand in all, suggesting a tint of clairvoyance from Joseph.
 
Joseph had explained to the President the vision which he had; his fear for the safety of the
nation, and its future. He related to him the internal school gang, the Nazis, and their terrorizing of the student population.
 
            Joseph promised the President that he would eliminate the dangers this gang and others presented if he but only grant unto Joseph the authority to take charge of the school. He related to the President his beliefs in God and how one person can make a difference in the lives of others. He would pray that Jimmy Carter would become President, for it would behoove them both and the U.S. for such event, to come to pass.
 
            All Joseph wanted was the authority needed to eliminate the gangs in his school, to come to school unmolested, and receive an education free from harassment. None cannot say nor cannot know what President Carter was thinking when he gave Joseph command of the U.S. Armed Forces. “The U.S. Armed Forces are at your disposal.”