I didn’t expect the whole treasure island, pirate invasion, hidden treasure homecoming theme to be very good. But my attitude instantly changed as I walked through the two open doors and felt the beat of the music throughout my entire body. The turnout was fantastic, and everybody looked great. There was no chaos this year, and nobody made fools out of themselves. The style of dancing got a little provocative, but I guess you take the good with the bad. And although the choice of music could’ve been, well, a lot better, homecoming was, overall, a thumbs up.
Early one morning, I received a text message from one of my best friends telling me about how some kid was thought to have been stuck in a flying saucer full of helium and it wasn’t even realized that the kid was in it until the saucer had been launched. What? Are his parents stupid? How could you not see your kid walk inside of a flying saucer, or launch it when it’s totally obvious that your son isn’t standing next to you anymore? And the fact that this whack-job family is in the middle of an interview when the kid just starts puking everywhere makes the situation even stranger. Quite frankly, I have heard so much about this kid and his family that I am having a difficult time writing this. And oh by the way, the kid was never in the flying saucer; it was just a hoax.
The bell rings at 9:28 on Tuesday morning. I have to run from the third floor, all the way down to the first floor, and then back up to the second floor all in four minutes. Other people who are more fortunate can dilly-dally in the hallways and actually think that standing in the middle of the stairway is a good idea. No. Don’t scream to your friends who are three stories away. Don’t stand there and whip out your phone to send a text when the person behind you actually needs to get somewhere. When there is literally a waiting line just to get down one flight of stairs, you know there’s a problem. People need to become more aware of the people behind them, and to become more conscience of the fact that they don’t rule the school stairwells.
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