Kai’s Day At School
It was Kai’s first day at his school. He was a 4th grader now, and he knew it took a lot of responsibility to go to classes alone. Managing a big backpack of about 10 subjects took a lot of responsibility. The only thing was, he wasn’t a responsible person.
As he walked to school, he was swinging his backpack around and around carelessly in circles. On purpose, he elbowed an old lady walking her golden retriever and swung his backpack at her.
“Hey!!!” said the old lady as she toppled over.
“Ha! Ha! Ha!” teased Kai.
When he got to school, he wanted to brag about being the first to class, so he threw his backpack across the hallway. It landed with a big “CRASH!!!” and his backpack unzipped. Kai pretended not to notice, and ran down the hallway to his classroom. He slipped and fell. Then, all his supplies fell out of his backpack.
“Whatever. I just need to get to class”, thought Kai.
On the way, there was a Pink Orchard Praying Mantis, so he stopped and started watching it move. Then, it jumped about 2 feet away, and Kai started following it. The mantis jumped and hopped and jumped this way and that. Kai followed the mantis until it crawled under a hole in a rock.
“DONG!!! DONG!! DONG!!! DONG!!! DONG! Dong Dong!!!” clanged the bell. 9 clangs!! He was 30 minutes late for class. He looked around. Kai was on the other side of the campus. He quickly charged to his classroom.
“Ms. Kidswatter will get sooo mad at me!!!” thought Kai, “just maybe she’s a nice teacher and will take pity on me.”
When he got to class, he pulled on the door, and in came Kai, panting and sweating.
“What have you done to be so late?” asked Ms. Kidswatter coldly.
“Ummm… I — I”
“GET BACK TO YOUR SEAT OR ELSE!!!” bellowed Ms. Kidswatter.
He scurried away back to his chair in the corner and rested his head on his arms.
“Never, Ever come late EVER again!!!” demanded Ms. Kidswatter.
“Man, this teacher is sooo mean!” thought Kai.
“OK, everyone!! Go to your first period class in a single file line!” she barked.
Kai joined the rest of the class, swarming away to first period.
Math. Oh, brother. Math was his absolute least favorite subject in the world. He slouched off as slowly as he could to the classroom. His teacher, Ms. Woolsey, was already instructing the other students. “Are you in Ms. Kidswatter’s homeroom?” she asked politely.
“Yeah,” Kai answered.
“Ok. Put your backpack on the ground next to your desk, and turn to page 16 in your yellow textbook.”
Kai did exactly what she said, but then… FLOP! The backpack couldn’t stand! He decided that he would rather have somebody trip over it than having to adjust it. He looked over at the textbook. He couldn’t believe his eyes!
“Uh Oh,” Kai said quietly.
“There will be no talking in class.” Ms. Woolsey said.
“What is 32×8 as shown in the textbook?”
“6958,” blurted out Kai.
“No. I’m afraid you’re wrong. The correct answer is 256,” corrected Ms. Woolsey.
“What is 18 x 4?”
“72” “189” “100” yelled the students. “105!” roared Kai, trying to make himself heard.
“105, 105, 105!” chanted Kai.
“THERE SHOULD BE NO CHANTING IN CLASS!!!” thundered Ms. Woolsey.
Everyone suddenly stopped yelling and screaming and chanting.
“Go to the principal’s office, NOW!”
Sulking, Kai slowly shuffled out of the room. He and the principal spent what felt like hours talking and lecturing. He finally learned his lesson. He never shouted out and became a very good student.
THE END!!