November 30, 2010

Part 1

"Julie... Gary... and Mary," my student teacher said. My whole face flooded with red. My cheeks were redder than ever before. I... actually had to be Science partners with GARY. I'm fine with Julie but Gary?!?!?!
I walked over to his desk with my science book work sheet. "Ugh, why do I have to be with you freaks!" he told us. I stayed silent. My face calmed down while I sat down in front of him. I picked up my pencil and looked the notes I had made about "weather." Scribble scribble. "Hey guys!!! What's number one?" Gary screamed. I finally spoke out, "We aren't here to tell you the answers Gary, we're here to HELP each other." "MS. HOPPER! THEY ARE MAKING ME DO ALL THE WORK!!!" (Ms. Hopper is the student teacher) My face went bright red. Not with embarrassment, with anger. "No, we aren't doing th-" I saw Ms. Hopper shake her head and smile. Psh. She thought it was cute. After I paused, Gary snatched Julie's pencil and tried to take mine. I hung onto my pencil, but the squishy thing on it made it slip away.
"Give us our pencils!!! We haven't even done Question #1 yet!" We shouted. "So what! I will give 'em back if you tell me the answer." "No!" I said. "Oh fine, the answer is polar zone," blurted out Julie. Julie!! I thought. He didn't do that again... thankfully. Well he didn't do that again because right when Julie told Gart the answer to #1, Ms. Hopper told us to go back to our seats.
"Good grief does that boy give me the itch to sock him!" I didn't though. It's too bully-like. I walked back to my desk and I gave him a mean glare across the room with my face hot. He didn't see me but I didn't care. "Lord, please know that if that was the chance you game me to make him STOP bullying me and me getting to like him as a friend, then I think that that mission failed. Failed pretty good."

Part 2

One morning after that terrible experience, (not the next day but, something close to the next week) my real teacher Mrs. Duffy pulled me outside. Right as she had called my name, I had noticed Gary walk out of the hallway and into the classroom. "Oh great," I thought. I knew what was coming to me.
"Mary, has Gary been calling you names lately?" she asked. I nodded. "Why didn't you tell me?" I spoke up at once. "Well, I don't think that it's a very smart thing to do if you just have one problem and tell the teacher that. I like to keep a log of things that people had done to me that is rude. Oh, and I have lots of comments for Gary in that log and Gary only." She understood me. "I see. That's a smart thing to do, but if something ever comes up like this again anytime, any day after 8:00 this morning, then I am going to have to call his parents." I smiled a little smile that Mrs. Duffy couldn't see. "Thank you Mrs. Duffy!" "Are you happy?" she asked. "Yes! I'm very happy!" "Good girl." I hugged her. I opened the door and shut it as quiet as possible. I looked at Gary. He didn't dare look up. I could tell. His face was still red. I walked into my seat. I felt pretty good about myself and the day that was coming. The announcements came on and I put my hand over my heart. I said the Pledge of Allegiance and I prayed so hard during the moment of silence that my eyes were red when I opened them. My pray was so successful, that you would fall to the ground!