Wordly Wise #10: A Day at School (continued)

When Jenny walked into the class room she found that even though the rest of the school was silent her class was in a turmoil, people running around, sitting at other people’s desks oh you name it! It was so loud that her own voice was muted by the many voices of other people.

When Jenny’s teacher clapped his hands everyone quieted down. Mr. Morris, her teacher was the meanest and the strictest teacher in school. It was rotten luck that she had been chosen to be in his class, while Jackson was in the other. She even had to sit beside Danielle smith, the most popular and the most perfect and beautiful person in the whole grade!

Jenny’s life was abject, she was always miserable and once she even had depression!

Mr. Morris had just given an announcement and Jenny had been lost in her thoughts so she didn’t hear. Just then Mr. Morris said, “Jenny can you tell us what today is?” “Oh great” she thought Mr. Morris just had to pick me!”. “Um… is it your birthday?” Jenny replied. With the whole class burst out in laughter. “Class settle down!” Mr. Morris said “Jenny today is not my birthday but it is Terry Fox day. Today is to commemorate what he did for our country. Oh yes, Jenny, just in case you were not paying attention in out language class, commemorate means to remember.” Jenny felt her checks getting hot. Of course she had paid attention in class.

That day at recess Jenny heard Danielle say to her friends “That Jenny is so dumb! Everyone knows that Mr. Morris’s birthday is in June, not September!” Jenny felt like screaming in Danielle’s face, but she knew better, everyone knew that Danielle wreaked her anger by telling the teacher because last year she got mad at this kid and when she told the teacher she exaggerated so much to the teacher that the kid got expelled, and Jenny was already in enough trouble!

At the end of the day Jenny was languished; she flopped down on her couch and sat there looking pale all afternoon.

The next day she called in sick because she was still so tired. When she got back to school Danielle accused her of pretending to be sick. Lots of people advocated her, arguing with Danielle for her. Jackson was one of those people.

At recess Jenny and Jackson went for a walk. She talked about her feelings for him and it turns out that he still liked her! In the end she was happy!