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| South Park School, Victoria B.C. |
Old School
“Into the great……” Those were the words her English teacher had written on the chalkboard. It was Friday afternoon. Keeping her eyes on Miss Corman, their new teacher, Melody leaned over to her friend, Jasmine, and whispered. “What are we supposed to do with that!?” Quickly straightening up, she opened her notebook. Whispering angrily to herself, she said “We can’t even have our iPads or any kind of device in here.” She scribbled and doodled on the page hoping that the old biddy wouldn’t come down to her desk. Miss Corman had a bad habit of strolling between the desks and looking over everyone’s work. “Now class, take these three words home and write a story from them. Absolutely no changes.…and no excuses.” Melody tentatively put her hand up. “Miss Corman?” Her teacher stopped in mid stride and turned like she was in the military. “Yes, Melody?” Melody took a deep breath. “Umm. I actually have two questions.” Miss Corman’s already prune face, tightened. Tapping her foot she said sternly “Well, if you had let me finish you may already have your answers. Your story will have to be fifty words longer than the rest of the class.” She spun on her heel and returned to the front of the room. “Melody, your story is to be 300 words; for everyone else, 250 words. Stories must be turned in on Monday. English class is Monday morning and I don’t want to hear any excuses for late or missing stories.”
“You can make anything by writing.”
~ C.S.Lewis
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