The next morning Amanda went walking into Ms.Cook's class. She took a seat
with Andy Miller, Miranda's boyfriend. Amanda's head rested on her desk as
the final bell rang and Ronnie got up from her desk in front of the class.
"Tired?"asked Andy.
"I hate getting up at this time,"moaned Amanda,"I swear it's fucking illegal to up at this time."
"I hear ya,"said Andy.
"So how is everyone doing this morning?"asked Ronnie as she looked over her tired students.
"Like shit ran over twice,"said Andy.
"Language please Andy,"said Ronnie warningly.
"Language please Andy,"said Amanda quietly as she mocked Ronnie.
"Ms.Guber do you have anything you'd like to share with the class?"asked Ronnie.
"Yeah I think this should be nap class, it's not like we're gonna learn anything useful anyways,"said Amanda.
"Really? How so?"asked Ronnie leaning against her desk and crossing her arms.
"Well I took this class last year, so I know some of the stuff and like who gives a crap if you read Shakespeare or any of that? Like your ability to identify adverbs means squat in the real world,"said Amanda.
"And what matters in the real world?"asked Ronnie.
"Attitude, being able to handle the hard knocks, when they come and be able to have no problem to stomp on someone to get ahead,"said Amanda,"Knowing Shakespeare isn't gonna raise your kids any better."
"But it could get you that highschool diploma which would get you into college which will get you the degree which will get you the job which will gives you the income to raise your kids in a good neighbourhood and give them what you need,"said Ronnie.
"That's BS,"said Andy,"Anyone can screw up their kids."
"Yeah, so people who live in the ghetto don't raise their kids right?"asked another student.
"Ms.Cook, no offense or anything but I was raised in a good home, my mom made killer money, I had everything I needed and I never graduated on time and a few days ago I got kicked out,"said Amanda.
"Well enough of this debate, you gotta learn this stuff. If you've got a problem talk to the government,"said Ronnie. Class went on as usual with Amanda barely paying attention as her and Andy talked and made fun of things in class. As the bell rang they collected their books and went to leave class.
"Amanda can I talk to you?"asked Ronnie.
"Andy, tell Miranda I'll catch up,"said Amanda nodding towards him before walking back to Ronnie's desk.
"Are you doing okay?"asked Ronnie,"I don't mean to pry, it's just I didn't know you were kicked out of your house."
"I'm fine, so I'm living with my dad, I'm tough it's all okay,"said Amanda.
"Why didn't you graduate last year?"asked Ronnie.
"Didn't go to class half the time, too busy out getting drunk or something,"said Amanda.
"Well I hope you do better this year,"said Ronnie.
"Sure,"said Amanda before turning and leaving the class.
****
At lunch Miranda, Karen, Amanda, Andy and Emily, Karen's younger sister sat on the stairs in the school. Amanda sat in the middle of them as she shrank in her big black jacket to keep warm. They were all freezing and even though it was just September it was freezing.
"God can't this welfare school afford heating?"asked Amanda.
"All I want to do is go home and crawl into bed,"said Karen.
"I know,"said Miranda,"I hate this school."
"Who doesn't? It's in a violation to have this place freezing this fucking much,"said Emily.
"Man I'm getting tempted just to piss myself to keep warm,"said Amanda.
"Well your dad is the principal go whine at him or something,"said Andy.
"I will,"said Amanda getting up,"I'll be back." Amanda walked up the rest of the stairs and down the hall to the office. Everyone had on their winter jackets and layers, complaints filled the halls as she walked down to the office. She walked and over to Scott's door which was closed, without knocking she walked in and was met with a blast of warm heat.
"Oh my fucking god, you have heat,"said Amanda.
"Pardon?"asked Scott looking up from his desk and seeing his daughter slam the office door shut.
"It is so incrediably cold in the school how the hell did you get heat?"asked Amanda.
"I turned on the heater,"said Scott.
"Well what about the rest of this dump?"asked Amanda,"I'm not leaving this office, just get the teachers to bring up my homework."
"Amanda,"said Scott as she sat down.
"AJ,"said Amanda correcting him.
"AJ, you have to go to class,"said Scott,"Freezing or not."
"Dad,"whined Amanda rocking back in forth. Scott looked up as Amanda called him 'Dad', he raised an eyebrow.
"Is it really that cold?"asked Scott.
"Fucking arctic,"said Amanda waving her arm towards the door,"Go check for yourself."Scott got up out of his seat and walked to the door, he opened it and walked out into the office then into the hall where the cold air bite him bitterly.
"Lousia, what is wrong with the heat? It is working in my office, though out there it's ice cold,"said Scott walking back into the office.
"I have no idea, we've had students in here all day complaining,"said Lousia.
"Well call the janitor and get something done about this, have someone come in and fix this as soon as possible,"said Scott before walking back into his office where Amanda was.
"We're gonna have it fixed as soon as possible,"said Scott sitting back down at his desk,"So how are your classes going?"
"Good, though that Ms.Cook, she's got a nervy stick up her ass,"said Amanda.
"Why what has been going on?"asked Scott.
"Nothing,"said Amanda,"Hey tomorrow I don't need a ride home."
"Why? Where are you going?"asked Scott.
"My girl, Jessica's picking me up we're going out we're gonna go hit some clubs or something,"said Amanda.
"I don't want you out late and I want you to call me,"said Scott.
"Sure, whatever. Look I gotta get back to my friends,"said Amanda getting up. She walked out of the office and back down the hall to the stairs where everyone else was sitting as the bell rang.
"So the verdict is?"asked Karen as they stood up.
"It's getting fixed as soon as possible,"said Amanda boredly.
"Ah c'mon girl,"said Karen,"We got Senate at the end of the day, that'll warm us up."
"That guy is weird, I don't understand how you girls wanna hook up with him. He's fucking out of his mind,"said Andy as they started walking down the stairs.
"Tired?"asked Andy.
"I hate getting up at this time,"moaned Amanda,"I swear it's fucking illegal to up at this time."
"I hear ya,"said Andy.
"So how is everyone doing this morning?"asked Ronnie as she looked over her tired students.
"Like shit ran over twice,"said Andy.
"Language please Andy,"said Ronnie warningly.
"Language please Andy,"said Amanda quietly as she mocked Ronnie.
"Ms.Guber do you have anything you'd like to share with the class?"asked Ronnie.
"Yeah I think this should be nap class, it's not like we're gonna learn anything useful anyways,"said Amanda.
"Really? How so?"asked Ronnie leaning against her desk and crossing her arms.
"Well I took this class last year, so I know some of the stuff and like who gives a crap if you read Shakespeare or any of that? Like your ability to identify adverbs means squat in the real world,"said Amanda.
"And what matters in the real world?"asked Ronnie.
"Attitude, being able to handle the hard knocks, when they come and be able to have no problem to stomp on someone to get ahead,"said Amanda,"Knowing Shakespeare isn't gonna raise your kids any better."
"But it could get you that highschool diploma which would get you into college which will get you the degree which will get you the job which will gives you the income to raise your kids in a good neighbourhood and give them what you need,"said Ronnie.
"That's BS,"said Andy,"Anyone can screw up their kids."
"Yeah, so people who live in the ghetto don't raise their kids right?"asked another student.
"Ms.Cook, no offense or anything but I was raised in a good home, my mom made killer money, I had everything I needed and I never graduated on time and a few days ago I got kicked out,"said Amanda.
"Well enough of this debate, you gotta learn this stuff. If you've got a problem talk to the government,"said Ronnie. Class went on as usual with Amanda barely paying attention as her and Andy talked and made fun of things in class. As the bell rang they collected their books and went to leave class.
"Amanda can I talk to you?"asked Ronnie.
"Andy, tell Miranda I'll catch up,"said Amanda nodding towards him before walking back to Ronnie's desk.
"Are you doing okay?"asked Ronnie,"I don't mean to pry, it's just I didn't know you were kicked out of your house."
"I'm fine, so I'm living with my dad, I'm tough it's all okay,"said Amanda.
"Why didn't you graduate last year?"asked Ronnie.
"Didn't go to class half the time, too busy out getting drunk or something,"said Amanda.
"Well I hope you do better this year,"said Ronnie.
"Sure,"said Amanda before turning and leaving the class.
****
At lunch Miranda, Karen, Amanda, Andy and Emily, Karen's younger sister sat on the stairs in the school. Amanda sat in the middle of them as she shrank in her big black jacket to keep warm. They were all freezing and even though it was just September it was freezing.
"God can't this welfare school afford heating?"asked Amanda.
"All I want to do is go home and crawl into bed,"said Karen.
"I know,"said Miranda,"I hate this school."
"Who doesn't? It's in a violation to have this place freezing this fucking much,"said Emily.
"Man I'm getting tempted just to piss myself to keep warm,"said Amanda.
"Well your dad is the principal go whine at him or something,"said Andy.
"I will,"said Amanda getting up,"I'll be back." Amanda walked up the rest of the stairs and down the hall to the office. Everyone had on their winter jackets and layers, complaints filled the halls as she walked down to the office. She walked and over to Scott's door which was closed, without knocking she walked in and was met with a blast of warm heat.
"Oh my fucking god, you have heat,"said Amanda.
"Pardon?"asked Scott looking up from his desk and seeing his daughter slam the office door shut.
"It is so incrediably cold in the school how the hell did you get heat?"asked Amanda.
"I turned on the heater,"said Scott.
"Well what about the rest of this dump?"asked Amanda,"I'm not leaving this office, just get the teachers to bring up my homework."
"Amanda,"said Scott as she sat down.
"AJ,"said Amanda correcting him.
"AJ, you have to go to class,"said Scott,"Freezing or not."
"Dad,"whined Amanda rocking back in forth. Scott looked up as Amanda called him 'Dad', he raised an eyebrow.
"Is it really that cold?"asked Scott.
"Fucking arctic,"said Amanda waving her arm towards the door,"Go check for yourself."Scott got up out of his seat and walked to the door, he opened it and walked out into the office then into the hall where the cold air bite him bitterly.
"Lousia, what is wrong with the heat? It is working in my office, though out there it's ice cold,"said Scott walking back into the office.
"I have no idea, we've had students in here all day complaining,"said Lousia.
"Well call the janitor and get something done about this, have someone come in and fix this as soon as possible,"said Scott before walking back into his office where Amanda was.
"We're gonna have it fixed as soon as possible,"said Scott sitting back down at his desk,"So how are your classes going?"
"Good, though that Ms.Cook, she's got a nervy stick up her ass,"said Amanda.
"Why what has been going on?"asked Scott.
"Nothing,"said Amanda,"Hey tomorrow I don't need a ride home."
"Why? Where are you going?"asked Scott.
"My girl, Jessica's picking me up we're going out we're gonna go hit some clubs or something,"said Amanda.
"I don't want you out late and I want you to call me,"said Scott.
"Sure, whatever. Look I gotta get back to my friends,"said Amanda getting up. She walked out of the office and back down the hall to the stairs where everyone else was sitting as the bell rang.
"So the verdict is?"asked Karen as they stood up.
"It's getting fixed as soon as possible,"said Amanda boredly.
"Ah c'mon girl,"said Karen,"We got Senate at the end of the day, that'll warm us up."
"That guy is weird, I don't understand how you girls wanna hook up with him. He's fucking out of his mind,"said Andy as they started walking down the stairs.