8. Before a math test, keep shouting "2 + 2 equals 4" out loud so everyone can hear.

9. When taking a test, tap your pencil on the desk to the tune of "Jeopardy."

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The air in the math room was filled with nervous tension from the students. Why? Well, that particular day, they were being given a math test. The teacher, Mr. Riley, was in the office making copies of the Algebra 2 (an: i'm taking algebra 2!...lol) test that would be given.

Everyone in the room wondered if someone would do something to alleviate the stress levels of everyone. Just then, Mr. Riley walked back into the room, and everyone groaned.

"I will pass out the tests, then everyone may begin. If you talk, I will take your test, rip it up, and throw it into the trash. You will get a zero."

After that, he began to pass out the tests. But then there was the sound of someone speaking, and it wasn't Mr. Riley.

"Two plus two equals four!" The class laughed. The person said it once again.

"Two plus two equals four!" The class laughed once more.

"Two plus two equals four!" The class was now roaring with laughter. But Mr. Riley was not very amused with whoever kept saying that.

"EVERONE QUIET!" he yelled. That shut everyone up who was in the room. "Whoever is doing that, stop it this instant! I do not want that kind of thing going on while I am trying to pass out tests! And you better remember what I said, because if you don't, you'll get to see your test taken, ripped up, thrown in the garbage, and a ZERO written down in the gradebook for this test." Everyone seemed to quiet down after Mr. Riley finished.

About 5 minutes later, all the tests had been passed out, and Mr. Riley sat at his desk, watching the students take the test. It seemed like no one would try to do anything else, because it was so quiet, but he would be wrong. Very wrong.

It was now 20 minutes into class, with about 20 minutes left. It had been quiet so far, with the exception of pencils scribbling on paper, the sound of things being erased, and the quiet tapping of fingers on calculators. Just then, something rather annoying broke the silence. It was the tune of Jeopardy!, only someone was using their pencil to make the noise. More like several people.

When Mr. Riley looked up from grading some papers at his desk, the noise immediately stopped. But when he went to continue, it picked up again. This went on and off for the next 5 to 10 minutes, while everyone was trying to finish their test. Finally, there were 10 minutes left, and Mr. Riley was fed up with the ones who were making the noise. Everyone looked up when they saw him get up out of the seat at his desk.

"I want the ones who were tapping their pencils to the tune of Jeopardy! to please stand up." Troy, Chad, Jason, and Zeke exchanged nervous glances, but got up, like they'd been told to.

"Now normally, when people would do things in class, I would get extremely mad at them, like your fellow students have done throughout the entire period. But!" The four boys looked at each other uneasily. "I thought that what they did today was pretty good and clever. Who else thought so?"

The whole class raised their hands, because they thought that what Troy, Chad, Jason, and Zeke had done was annoying, but also at the same time, funny.

"Now, if you are done with your tests, please hand them in." Everyone did that, as they had finished right before he'd gotten up from his desk. "Now, what do you want the four to do for the rest of the class?"

"Do the Jeopardy! theme and we all join in!" a guy yelled, who was part of the varsity football team. The four exchanged sly grins, before sitting down. Right when they sat down, the room was filled with four pencils hitting four desks in tune, to the Jeopardy! theme. Pretty soon, the room filled with the sound of 20 more pencils doing the same thing, plus an additional one. Mr. Riley was even doing it!

When the bell rang, everyone groaned, because they'd had so much fun at the end. Troy, Chad, Jason, and Zeke exchanged sly smiles, knowing that they'd do something like that again in math sometime in the future.

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Ok. Sorry that wasn't very funny, but I was trying to get it done. And I was working on it yesterday, but our power kept going out, which meant that the computer kept shutting off. We lost power again at 6:45 yesterday evening, and it came back on around 10:50 this morning...So, the next chapters of 'Outside Looking In' and 'Please Be Okay!' should be out later this evening!:)

-caitlin (softangelwings)