Heilner's "Beneath The Wheel" And Me
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As it did every school day of my junior year, 11:12 AM had come
once more to mark the end of my academic morning, and the beginning of my
lunch period. After paying my one dollar for a small cherry vita-pup slush
drink and a strawberry fruit roll-up, I would take my place at the usual
lunch table ....
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.... out of the cafeteria.
One day in particular, the bell that marks the end of the lunch period had
just rung, and I was heading out for Ms. Henyon's math class. I saw up
ahead of me, Chris frantically flipping through his Algebraic Concepts text
book. I approached Chris and asked: "Did we have any homework we were
supposed to do?"
"All we had to do was study for the test today," Chris replied.
As usual, I had forgotten another quiz; either that I had chosen to neglect
it. Whichever it was ....
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