“I was really stressed this weekend. I have a calculus class coming up, which means I have to do the homework for the past two weeks. I also have a physics quiz, which, of course, I was behind in that class by two chapters. So I played field hockey on Saturday with the team, and then did all the physics homework on Saturday and Sunday. Then I had two papers for English class. They are short papers, but still, I had to read the stories and then try to say something intellectual about them and relate them to my life. So I took No-Doze on Sunday night and kept drinking coffee, but I fell asleep writing my physics lab. A few hours later, like at 4 AM, I woke up with a stomachache, but I ha...
Jan
05
When asked what the greatest three minutes of his life were, Alice Cooper replied, “The last three minutes of the last day of school when you’re sitting there and it’s like a slow fuse burning.” He subsequently recorded the rock anthem, “Schools Out”, with the catchy refrain, “No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers’ dirty looks”. The rest is rock ‘n roll history.
Every high school student can relate to Alice Cooper’s escape fantasy. “No more homework! No more tests! Free at last!” Summer is the time for vacations, hanging out with friends, going to parties, and most importantly, sleeping in. Or is it?
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