Chapter 3: Say hello to Mrs. Ungermeyer
A/N: The whole switch-class thing isn't all that complicated. You switch from your homeroom teacher to another one for one or two subjects. In this case, Lizzie and Gordo switch with Mrs. Ungermeyer's class, and Miranda and Kate switch with Mrs. Hope's class.
At this point, Mrs. Ungermeyer is a fifth grade teacher, and then she moves up to be a high school principal later. I really wanted some of the well-known characters to reappear in this story, so... here it goes. Oh, and later on, I'll explain the whole math advanced/un-advanced groups. ***
"Any questions?" Mrs. Hope asked.
Danny Kessler raised his hand. "What did you just say?"
Everyone burst out laughing.
Animated Lizzie: It wasn't *that* funny.
Mrs. Hope ignored him. "Okay, it's time for science."
We lined up quietly.
"Gordo, I'm freaked out." I said. "The rumors I've heard about Mrs. Ungermeyer aren't pleasant."
"Pleasant? Since when have been saying that?"
"Since now."
"Okay, what have you heard?" He asked me, as we walked into the hall in a line. I juggled my science books, and wondered if I'd have to do this all the time in jr. high. "I heard that she is mean, no duh. I heard that she eats nails for breakfast."
"Really? Because I heard she eats *toe*nails for breakfast." Gordo joked.
I smiled weakly.
I thought we'd meet her yesterday, but we didn't have time, so we have to go through the torture now. Isn't that just *great*?
Miranda and Kate were in Mrs. Ungermeyer's class. I wondered how they were surviving.
I wondered IF they were surviving.
We passed Kate and Miranda's class in the hallway. The whole class shot us sympathetic looks, which just made me more scared.
"Is she really that bad?" I asked Kate.
"You both are wrong. She doesn't eat nails for breakfast, she eats kids." She nodded sadly and kept walking silently.
"Miranda?" I asked, looking for support.
She just nodded.
"Okay, *now* I'm scared." I said to Gordo.
"Me too." He said, but then he snapped back to hope-for-the-best, look-on- the-bright-side Gordo. "I mean, she can't be that bad."
We approached Mrs. Ungermyer's classroom, and Mrs. Ungermeyer opened the door.
"Hello, children. I hope we have a great year." She smiled a tooth grin.
***
Gordo's POV
Science was terrible. I tried to get on Mrs. Ungermeyer's good side, but I soon figured out that she had no good side.
"Hello, Mrs. Ungermyer." I said sweetly on my way to my assigned desk, making sure I didn't say 'hi' or 'hey', because adults don't like that.
"Excuse me?" She asked, leafing through papers. "I'm busy here. But let me write you're name down. What is it?"
"Uh, David Gordon."
"Well, David Gordon, you are on my list as a kiss-up. Trust me, the list is not a place you want to be." (A/N: Now where have we heard that before?)
I smiled and returned to my seat. "God, she's harsh." I whispered to Lizzie.
Mrs. Ungermeyer stood up at the front of the chalkboard. "Now, your average science teacher would make you read from the Houghton-Mifflin book, but I am not your average science teacher, because the people who wrote those are suckers, and it is below your level. So..."
She passed out books with white covers. They said only one thing in plain black print:
Mrs. Ungermyer's Science
She could at least make the book interesting by making the cover more... attractive, instead boring, but I didn't dare say that out loud.
"Open it to page one." She demanded.
We obeyed without a sound. Not even Danny, the class clown, was stupid enough to mess with her.
And we plunged into the educating world of science with Mrs. Ungermeyer.
A/N: The whole switch-class thing isn't all that complicated. You switch from your homeroom teacher to another one for one or two subjects. In this case, Lizzie and Gordo switch with Mrs. Ungermeyer's class, and Miranda and Kate switch with Mrs. Hope's class.
At this point, Mrs. Ungermeyer is a fifth grade teacher, and then she moves up to be a high school principal later. I really wanted some of the well-known characters to reappear in this story, so... here it goes. Oh, and later on, I'll explain the whole math advanced/un-advanced groups. ***
"Any questions?" Mrs. Hope asked.
Danny Kessler raised his hand. "What did you just say?"
Everyone burst out laughing.
Animated Lizzie: It wasn't *that* funny.
Mrs. Hope ignored him. "Okay, it's time for science."
We lined up quietly.
"Gordo, I'm freaked out." I said. "The rumors I've heard about Mrs. Ungermeyer aren't pleasant."
"Pleasant? Since when have been saying that?"
"Since now."
"Okay, what have you heard?" He asked me, as we walked into the hall in a line. I juggled my science books, and wondered if I'd have to do this all the time in jr. high. "I heard that she is mean, no duh. I heard that she eats nails for breakfast."
"Really? Because I heard she eats *toe*nails for breakfast." Gordo joked.
I smiled weakly.
I thought we'd meet her yesterday, but we didn't have time, so we have to go through the torture now. Isn't that just *great*?
Miranda and Kate were in Mrs. Ungermeyer's class. I wondered how they were surviving.
I wondered IF they were surviving.
We passed Kate and Miranda's class in the hallway. The whole class shot us sympathetic looks, which just made me more scared.
"Is she really that bad?" I asked Kate.
"You both are wrong. She doesn't eat nails for breakfast, she eats kids." She nodded sadly and kept walking silently.
"Miranda?" I asked, looking for support.
She just nodded.
"Okay, *now* I'm scared." I said to Gordo.
"Me too." He said, but then he snapped back to hope-for-the-best, look-on- the-bright-side Gordo. "I mean, she can't be that bad."
We approached Mrs. Ungermyer's classroom, and Mrs. Ungermeyer opened the door.
"Hello, children. I hope we have a great year." She smiled a tooth grin.
***
Gordo's POV
Science was terrible. I tried to get on Mrs. Ungermeyer's good side, but I soon figured out that she had no good side.
"Hello, Mrs. Ungermyer." I said sweetly on my way to my assigned desk, making sure I didn't say 'hi' or 'hey', because adults don't like that.
"Excuse me?" She asked, leafing through papers. "I'm busy here. But let me write you're name down. What is it?"
"Uh, David Gordon."
"Well, David Gordon, you are on my list as a kiss-up. Trust me, the list is not a place you want to be." (A/N: Now where have we heard that before?)
I smiled and returned to my seat. "God, she's harsh." I whispered to Lizzie.
Mrs. Ungermeyer stood up at the front of the chalkboard. "Now, your average science teacher would make you read from the Houghton-Mifflin book, but I am not your average science teacher, because the people who wrote those are suckers, and it is below your level. So..."
She passed out books with white covers. They said only one thing in plain black print:
Mrs. Ungermyer's Science
She could at least make the book interesting by making the cover more... attractive, instead boring, but I didn't dare say that out loud.
"Open it to page one." She demanded.
We obeyed without a sound. Not even Danny, the class clown, was stupid enough to mess with her.
And we plunged into the educating world of science with Mrs. Ungermeyer.