Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for January 16, 2013
Transcript:
Holly: I just need ONE extra day for my paper! Ms. Wingit: Holly, you sit in the second desk in row two. You know what I call that desk? Ms. Wingit: Procrastination Station. Holly: Wait, you gave MY desk a name? Do the other kids' desks get names? Or am I the only specia. one?
Gator007 over 11 years ago
I think the commet backfired.
snarkm over 11 years ago
Holly, woman up, go home and start working. Don’t stop until you’re finished, don’t let yourself get distracted and do better than you think you can. Trust me, working under pressure is a great lesson to learn.
gosfreikempe over 11 years ago
I gelieve that if you check again, you’ll find the moon was tipped the other way. That may depend on where you are on this little globe of ours, though. From where I am, in mid-western Canada, the moon had just set by 8:30 pm.
Gokie5 over 11 years ago
Back to the desks, my desk would have been named “Messy Bessy.”
mrsdonaldson over 11 years ago
Ha! Try again, Mrs Wingit. Subtlety is not for Holly.
mrsdonaldson over 11 years ago
High five to that teacher!
ossiningaling over 11 years ago
You have a cartoon moon?
Auntie Socialist over 11 years ago
No such thing as Bad Publicity anymore
alondra over 11 years ago
Same here! Kudos to that teacher!
lightenup Premium Member over 11 years ago
Riiight, Holly, you’re the special one. ;-)
samsoltan_48323 over 11 years ago
I had a sign in my classroom – “If you are unhappy with grade you received, perhaps it was because I was unhappy with the work I received.”
Doctor11 over 11 years ago
Oh brother!
woodsong over 11 years ago
yep. you’re the only special one.