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that Judy was just an excellent student, and that was probably why she finished her homework so quickly. I wanted to believe that, and so I did.
KELSEY DONELLY, GRADE 5
Then there was the day Judy made a Valentineâs Day card for Brenton, and it was like World War III broke out.
SAM DAWKINS, GRADE 5
So Judy gives a Valentineâs Day card to Brenton. She doesnât give one to me. She doesnât give one to Kelsey. I donât think she gave one to anybody in theclass but Brenton. Maybe she only gives Valentines to the smart kids.
I wasnât jealous. I mean, a girl has the right to like anybody she wants. It just kind of took me by surprise, thatâs all. I didnât know she liked Brenton. Actually, I kind of thought she might have a crush on
me
. I canât imagine why she would pick him over me.
JUDY DOUGLAS, GRADE 5
I didnât
like
either of them. Snik thinks he is so cool, but deep down he is so insecure. He couldnât get over the idea that anybody might like Brenton better than him.
It meant
nothing
. It was just a silly Valentine. But everybody in the class was talking about it, as if Brenton and I were going to get married or something.
BRENTON DAMAGATCHI, GRADE 5
I have always viewed Valentineâs Day, and most holidays for that matter, as artificial celebrations that provide opportunities for big corporations to make people feel guilty and buy greeting cards, flowers, chocolates, and presents. But it was a nice gesture. I thought nothing of it.
KELSEY DONNELLY, GRADE 5
There was this one day when Miss Rasmussen gave us a homework vacation. No homework for a change. Well, when we left school, we all forgot that there was no homework, and headed for Brentonâs house anyway like we always did. It wasnât until we got up to his room that we figured out we didnât have any homework to do! We all felt pretty stupid.
We were going to go home, but Brentonâs mom brought in some chocolate chip cookies that were awesome. We took them down to the basement and played Ping-Pong for a while.
It turns out that Brenton is a great Ping-Pong player! I couldnât believe it. He even beat Snik, who is always the best athlete in gym. Snik was all mad, and he was saying that Brenton was cheating and stuff. It was a riot. Iâll say this for Brenton, he constantly surprises you.
SAM DAWKINS, GRADE 5
I like to hit the ball hard and slam it past the other guy. But Brenton wouldnât let me. He kept dinking these stupid little weak shots just over the net where I couldnât reach them and putting these weird spins on the ball so I wouldnât know which way it was gonna bounce. Thatâs got to be illegal.
RONNIE TEOTWAWKI, GRADE 5
Yeah, I was the one who wrote the message on the boysâ room wall. I guess now that itâs all over I can admit it. Hey, it wasnât as bad as what
they
did.
I knew they were up to something. No way kids like Judy and Brenton would hang around with kids like Kelsey and Snikwad. Heck, no way any of them should hang around with each other. And no way kids like Kelsey and Snikwad should be getting Aâs.
So I wrote D SQUAD ARE CHEATERS with a marker on the wall of one of the stalls. I used my left hand so nobody could say it was my handwriting. Thatâs all I did. I didnât know how they were cheating, but they had to be doing something. It got rubbed off the next day, but I guess word got around. People were talking.
SAM DAWKINS, GRADE 5
So Iâm in the boysâ room and I see the graffiti. I scribble over it right away. I hoped that nobody else saw it, but maybe every boy in the school saw it before I went in there. Who knows? I didnât know who wrote it, but I had my suspicions.
The whole thing shook me up. If anybody found out about Belch, we would be in big trouble.
KELSEY DONNELLY, GRADE 5
Snik said we had to have another meeting, so we all met at the big concrete turtle in the playground during
KELSEY DONELLY, GRADE 5
Then there was the day Judy made a Valentineâs Day card for Brenton, and it was like World War III broke out.
SAM DAWKINS, GRADE 5
So Judy gives a Valentineâs Day card to Brenton. She doesnât give one to me. She doesnât give one to Kelsey. I donât think she gave one to anybody in theclass but Brenton. Maybe she only gives Valentines to the smart kids.
I wasnât jealous. I mean, a girl has the right to like anybody she wants. It just kind of took me by surprise, thatâs all. I didnât know she liked Brenton. Actually, I kind of thought she might have a crush on
me
. I canât imagine why she would pick him over me.
JUDY DOUGLAS, GRADE 5
I didnât
like
either of them. Snik thinks he is so cool, but deep down he is so insecure. He couldnât get over the idea that anybody might like Brenton better than him.
It meant
nothing
. It was just a silly Valentine. But everybody in the class was talking about it, as if Brenton and I were going to get married or something.
BRENTON DAMAGATCHI, GRADE 5
I have always viewed Valentineâs Day, and most holidays for that matter, as artificial celebrations that provide opportunities for big corporations to make people feel guilty and buy greeting cards, flowers, chocolates, and presents. But it was a nice gesture. I thought nothing of it.
KELSEY DONNELLY, GRADE 5
There was this one day when Miss Rasmussen gave us a homework vacation. No homework for a change. Well, when we left school, we all forgot that there was no homework, and headed for Brentonâs house anyway like we always did. It wasnât until we got up to his room that we figured out we didnât have any homework to do! We all felt pretty stupid.
We were going to go home, but Brentonâs mom brought in some chocolate chip cookies that were awesome. We took them down to the basement and played Ping-Pong for a while.
It turns out that Brenton is a great Ping-Pong player! I couldnât believe it. He even beat Snik, who is always the best athlete in gym. Snik was all mad, and he was saying that Brenton was cheating and stuff. It was a riot. Iâll say this for Brenton, he constantly surprises you.
SAM DAWKINS, GRADE 5
I like to hit the ball hard and slam it past the other guy. But Brenton wouldnât let me. He kept dinking these stupid little weak shots just over the net where I couldnât reach them and putting these weird spins on the ball so I wouldnât know which way it was gonna bounce. Thatâs got to be illegal.
RONNIE TEOTWAWKI, GRADE 5
Yeah, I was the one who wrote the message on the boysâ room wall. I guess now that itâs all over I can admit it. Hey, it wasnât as bad as what
they
did.
I knew they were up to something. No way kids like Judy and Brenton would hang around with kids like Kelsey and Snikwad. Heck, no way any of them should hang around with each other. And no way kids like Kelsey and Snikwad should be getting Aâs.
So I wrote D SQUAD ARE CHEATERS with a marker on the wall of one of the stalls. I used my left hand so nobody could say it was my handwriting. Thatâs all I did. I didnât know how they were cheating, but they had to be doing something. It got rubbed off the next day, but I guess word got around. People were talking.
SAM DAWKINS, GRADE 5
So Iâm in the boysâ room and I see the graffiti. I scribble over it right away. I hoped that nobody else saw it, but maybe every boy in the school saw it before I went in there. Who knows? I didnât know who wrote it, but I had my suspicions.
The whole thing shook me up. If anybody found out about Belch, we would be in big trouble.
KELSEY DONNELLY, GRADE 5
Snik said we had to have another meeting, so we all met at the big concrete turtle in the playground during
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