I was home sick today, and was starting to get incredibly bored. I didn’t want to go anywhere, for fear of infecting other people, so I was stuck in the house. After completing all of my homework, and still having nothing to do, I thought “Hey! I’ll write a paper!” That’s right, folks. I got bored, and decided to write a paper. And it’s not like I’ve even had any papers assigned in my classes this year! I just happen to be severely disappointed with our English department, as well as have an insatiable thirst for knowledge and a love of writing. Therefore, I sat down and wrote a 4.5 page, double-spaced paper on Henry VIII, a historical figure who has always interested me.
It would be really nice if I ever have even one of the subjects I decide to research assigned as a school report, so that I could simply modify my papers to fit the criteria and turn those in.
If you have the time, could you write a paper on Robert Oppenheimer? I’m really interested in reading a biography on him but I’m too lazy to go to the bookstore, or even Amazon.com.
Good idea, and you never know when that paper will come in handy. Eventually, you’ll be able to use it or modify it for credit somewhere–hopefully in a more suitable English class.
Hope you’re feeling better.
Best,
karol
This is the first example of teenage behavior that I find truly inexplicable and shocking. “Why would anyone do that? Especially when they’re sick??” I ask myself. “Boy, things sure have changed since I was a teenager.”
Why can’t you just abuse drugs and have unsafe sex like normal teenagers? Not enough shock value?
Well, I was starting to feel better and just had nothing better to do. Also, do to the lack of opportunity to have anything at all intellectually stimulating at school, I kind of have to find it on my own. Therefore, if something interests me, I’ll find out more about it. Besides, now I know more about Henry VIII and Joan of Arc, two characters who have always interested me.
On a field trip up to New York this past Monday, most people were sleeping, watching the on-bus movie (Dumb and Dumber…shudder), or listening to music and staring out the window.
I was listening to music and reading “Capital”, as in, the one by Karl Marx. Why? For fun.
But the fact that you were sick while doing that is impressive.
Hey Monica…why don’t you just turn in the paper to your teacher…not for credit or anything…you know, in kind of a casual way. (How’s that for a bizarre suggestion?) Then just quietly watch to see the reaction.
I can remember students doing things on their own during my teaching career. You may make that English teacher see you (and what they do) in a different way.
Lead the way!
Disclaimer: I am in no way responsible for heart attacks or sudden bouts of mental instability that may be experienced by any teacher who is subjected to this sort of student behavior.
Heh. I realized I wasn’t an average teenager when I spent a snow day reading Antony and Cleopatra. (Well, actually the rest of the world had realized I wasn’t an average teenager years earlier, but I’m always rather slow to catch on to social norms and things…)
