The Avid Reader (and enjoyer of all subjects)

My eyes slowly open as I get accustomed to my environment.  There’s a bright light shining outside the door, and I become aware of a figure in my room–my mom.  Oh yes, she’s preparing my clothes!  I sit up, stretch, and yawn, then slip my clothes on and brush my teeth.  My recent dentist appointment did not yield satisfying results, so I brush hard.  When I’m done, I come down the stairs, where half a muffin, sliced, is waiting for me.  After I stuff in all the muffin slices and gulp down my milk.

Then, my mom drives me to Morrisville Elementary.  My teeth are chattering all the way.  When we arrive at the school, we wait for some time, reviewing for an upcoming science quiz.  Suddenly, we hear a roaring of an engine, and the long yellow bus pulls in the parking lot.  I get out of the car, wave quickly to my mom, and run to the line for the bus.  On the bus, I sit down next to a sixth grader taking algebra, and close my eyes.  What are we going to learn today?  Will the science quiz be hard?  I wonder about some events on the bus.

RRRRR!  I wake up with a start from my nap.  It’s the bus’s engine; we’ve arrived at Enloe, our first stop, and are getting ready to go to Ligon.  Sleepily, I rub my eyes.  Some high schoolers have gotten off the bus.  I only know one of them, a freshman who went to Davis Drive last year.  I’ve been able to make the acquaintance of an eighth grader who takes Pre-Calculus at Enloe.  He’s getting off, too.

Soon, we arrive at Ligon.  Most of the Ligon kids look down upon us Carnage kids.  Ligon and Carnage are BIG rivals, especially in academics.  I think that Ligon will become 2008’s Carnage in a few years; with all the smart kids at Carnage no one would be at Ligon.

Ligon is only a few minutes away from Carnage.  I get off lethargically from the bus, with Roy and my friend Tony following.  It’s 7:20, and the bell hasn’t rang yet, so we go into the auditorium, where I talk a bit with some friends.  Then, when the bell rings, the eighth grade principal dismisses us. 

After a short stop at my locker, I walk quickly to Spanish I, my first class.  There are no core classes in Carnage, so electives take up about the same amount of time as regular classes.  Spanish I, unfortunately, is very far away from the Pirates hall, the 400 hall.  Most of the kids in my class are sixth and seventh graders, but I don’t care.  After the bell rings, we do the daily warm-up and an activity.

Next, we have to go to our homeroom.  My homeroom is Ms. Armstrong.  There, we watch the morning news show and stand up for the pledge of allegiance.  After that, we give Mrs. Armstrong some papers we were asked to sign.

My second period class is social studies, which borders Ms. Armstrong’s classroom.  Today we take some class notes out of a textbook.  Most people don’t like taking notes; I find no problem with it.  After that, the teacher asks us some questions.  Most of the questions our teacher asks have to do with logic more than social studies.

Third period is geography.  I expected a course in which students would prepare for the National Geography Bee (coming up in November), but I totally messed up the definition of “geography” and forgot to include the different cultures!  In Geography we do a TON of projects, which are pointless and boring, but some of the classwork is interesting.

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