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 wa ....
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