Time was slow. I was bored as heck monotonously communicating with my friends. I could understand how such a wonderful conversation can become so dull. Bland at that. It’s not the friends that I hang around (of course it’s not them), but there are no good topics at this time and all I could think about is going to sleep until this class period ends. Then Miss Hallzheimer’s PA came on and said, “Miss Hallzheimer, could you send Ashton Patch to the principal’s office for a minute?”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjDZioo30S 維尼
Due to her slumber, she didn’t respond.8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNszdivy9N 維尼
“Miss Hallzheimer?”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡW67jKXdKOR 維尼
She woke up with a cough. “Um, ma’am.”496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVieNRyMH2
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“Could you send Ashton Patch to the principal’s office. He’s not in trouble. We just need him for something.”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhWJWXZknX 維尼
“I’ll send him right down. Ashton?” I exited her classroom and went down to the principal’s office, which was also the attendance office. I passed by Mrs. Platt who worked the desk giving out passes to people who were late coming to school and Dakota who was a senior that worked the desktop...at the desk. I went down the meter-long hallway and headed to Principal Winslow’s open door.8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡViy7PAUraA 維尼
“Come in, come in,” he said in an urgent tone. “I’ve been waiting to see you. You know, about the school newspaper. And close the door behind you.” I did as he said and sat down.8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡw156FHVRoD 維尼
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“So, what about the school newspaper did you want to talk to me about? Am I doing good or bad?”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yRaKhq4zN 維尼
“No, it’s good. We just wanted you to talk to you about your alternative headlines that you print into the paper, mainly speaking of the comics sections. We’ve read your latest article and I knew that in your narrator’s POV that you were downing the school about its sanitation problems. I wasn’t very intrigued and I would like to advise you to write more positively about the reference to Richardson.”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡLq9NzYW0sg 維尼
“So what you’re saying is that you don’t want me to talk about the most important things to look at for Richardson High?”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3eyejcX22 維尼
“Exactly. Especially if newcomers come here and they want a positive review of this school. They don’t want to have to check for Google Maps or anything for reviews. Just the school newspaper.”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8vWVV7WPC 維尼
“Okay. I understand. But they’re probably only coming over here for their friends, for the athletics, or by default if they live in the district.”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJprx5CaH2 維尼
“Yep, that’s right. Now go to your classroom and don’t forget what I said.”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGaJFKnpEy 維尼
“Yes sir.”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xrC9Bx4Wl 維尼
I know that the principal didn’t care for my last statement about the student. You could actually tell because of the way he replied to it. I’m telling you, nobody really listens to people these days. Especially a principal like Principal Winslow; wants just what he wants best for him.8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TsQf1HsMy 維尼
While I was in the hallway, I’ve seen so many freshmen with their MacBooks in their scrawny arms like it was the total package to expose.8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAMb5MPrNA 維尼
(I know I sound slightly jealous right there. Probably because I AM JEALOUS!)8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡR27YCvLoQk 維尼
One of them had it in their arms while chatting with one of their friends, showing off the sky-blue, plastic case that came with it for protection. Another person was using it as a music device plugging their now-popular Beats headphones into the jack and bobbing their heads up and down to—I don’t know—some Skrillex or maybe Audien.8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGl0gLU2xA 維尼
(Some EDM performer, I surmise.)8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwODZfLyjB 維尼
Then I noticed that almost everyone on this hallway had theirs exposed while doing something occupant with it. They talked about it and they typed on it and they just interacted with it in any type of way. Then I noticed all these voices that always uttered the word “MacBook” in the sentence.8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIfS7U0fOx 維尼
—In French II, are we able to use our MacBooks?8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJIslBYOEI 維尼
—I can’t wait for that update to my MacBook, man.8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnXabwXLb8 維尼
—Hey, have you downloaded Microsoft Word to your Macbook yet? It’s completely mandatory for Mrs. Lindull’s class...8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWX8yFjhsc 維尼
Awfully unnecessary.8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BS7xGSsfO 維尼
“What was all that about, Ashton,” Dareeka worriedly asked me. “Are you in trouble or something?”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBmIzt4n1z 維尼
“Oh, no. Everything’s fine. Principal Winslow just wanted me to slow down on the ‘incognito’ criticism that I was jotting down in my comic strips for the school newspaper. I wasn’t downing the school; I was just listing the downsides of the school, like for instance, the bathroom.”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡy46MJIW0Bx 維尼
“Now that’s needed to be discussed about,” Timmy agreed. “Especially in the boys restroom where you have limited tissue paper. I don’t want to be walking around with feces stuck in my...”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvc5GcXPVX 維尼
“Please don’t mention it; we get it. I’m just trying to be rational about the situation so we can encourage the janitors to stop being so lazy and apathetic and do something about it. Apparently, the principal only cares about not having to deal with the truth!”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIbgOR1g86 維尼
“You got that right.” Dareeka was about to say something when Paige obtruded right into the conversation.8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKGigOCwsa 維尼
Paige is an extremely annoying girl that always has to barge into other people’s conversations. There are actually three things that peeve me about her: (1) she’s too friendly, meaning that she acts like everyone is her friend (best friend at that) and (2) she causes a ruckus whenever she talks. She talks so loud that she could wake up a deaf person in a second. Even though we’re nice to her, we don’t choose to have her as an all-time goon.8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡdapreHD1fB 維尼
“Hey, Paige,” I greeted her falsely. “Do you know what we’re talking about?”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNaI3nFSbJ 維尼
“Um.....no. But I would like to know what you’re talking about. So what are you talking about that is so, so important?”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnwvWFZtYw 維尼
“Well, since you want to know so badly we were having a discussion about Principal Winslow. Remember when I got sent to his office earlier?”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ18ndLGNWs 維尼
“Of course.”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKZMy1zLBC 維尼
“Well, he wanted to talk to me about the school newspaper’s comic section. He claims that I was making bad remarks about Richardson under the whole plot when I was creating the dialogue. So he wants me to change the script around and let it become more positive about the school that I included in there. But I’m just stating, some parts do need to be pointed about because nobody wants to go to a run-down school with unsanitary bathrooms.”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11g9xEg0Qb 維尼
“You sound like a clean freak right there,” Timmy teased. “But you do have a point. That’s why I don’t go to public bathrooms with no flushing and no tissue.”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡztFzt74Ako 維尼
“Now you sound like a clean freak,” Brandy said to him.8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiU8P880nj 維尼
“Oh.” We all laughed happily, enjoying the talk about the newspaper and all, until Paige blurted, “You shouldn’t be talking about the school like that! That’s just dirty!”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9nTh6pdLH 維尼
“Well, it’s the truth, Paige. Richardson is just a dump that needs more construction work.”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡziQlxosI7S 維尼
“That’s not true. This school is as fun as can be if you just believe in it.”8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡHW04FZ5vYx 維尼
“Well, I believed and it did not work.” The room was silent for a moment and there was nothing else to say. Was it me or did the topic just lose interest? Then the bell rang and it was time to go home. So lucky that this was the last class in the day. I had gotten on the Blue Bird with all of the rowdy kids throwing stuff at people and rough-housing in their seats.8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡecgO2WZPP4 維尼
And the principal thinks this is positive, I said to myself. He knows that this school has gone downhill ever since he became the principal. Man, Principal Springs was the most strict teacher over here and he kept everybody in check. Too bad he resigned.8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡGe0FgEjMDU 維尼
My stop was coming up and I was occupying myself by looking out the double-slit windows, intriguingly looking at the great houses on the corner of the street. I’ve always wanted to live in that area. Soleil Circle was the name and they had everything over there. Solar panels (hence the street name) Direct TV and X1, Corning glass on every room. Just across the street was where I lived. Only a measly walk away.8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡO87nmGfvcP 維尼
Halt.8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡMydTcidfdM 維尼
The bus stopped at my dull neighborhood and I went off looking glum as usual. After I got off, the bus rolled on and the tumultuous children resumed with their work of rude behavior.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUE2TCjFV3
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I was walking to my monotonous two-story house with no Direct TV or X1. Just plain old Xfinity with no unlocked channels. I grabbed the key from the flower pot and I heard this rustling sound on the side of the building. Wondering what the heck it was, I went over there curiously and I saw this black coat silhouette reflecting from the back of my neighbor’s house. I headed towards the patio and then...8964 copyright protection492ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nBkOJjbTV 維尼
