The huge mass of students playing cards in the back is gone this time around in Ms. Dickson’s Activity Period. Normal banter now prevails. Sports talk fills the air thanks to the newspaper I swiped from the History Department. You’ve got to know where all the freebies are on campus. Free coffee, free newspapers, and… well, I’m sure there’s other free stuff somewhere. Free phone calls. Free post-it notes.


I dropped by Miss Slob’s room this morning. Seeing the lights were on in the room, I knocked three times with confidence. Nothing. I spoke up and said,