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second, I turned around and gave Sam Dolan the childish thumbtack. But looking at Sam Dolan was no better. I can’t look at Sam without remembering the tooth he brought to school for show-and-tell when we were in kindergarten. I think it was his father’s molar. I know that sounds shallow, but he’s just so gross. I dropped the thumbtack in his hand, trying not to touch him.
    So now it has been a week since I stopped Duke from sitting on that lousy tack, and it’s almost like I saved his life instead of simply saving him from embarrassment.
    If I hadn’t warned Duke about the thumbtack, I would be able to audition for the musical without him staring at me. And although I feel very confident that I’ll get the lead this year, I really don’t want the extra pressure.
    If I hadn’t warned Duke about the thumbtack, I would have been able to sit at student council without Duke blabbing on about the book his parents are writing about a pregnant teenager. Really? Have they ever heard of MTV?
    (Is it too late to wish to go back in time twice? I’d do anything not to have Chollie Muller as a lab partner. Seriously, what kind of name is Chollie?Who would voluntarily choose that over their given name of Charles?)
    Now I’m starting to get depressed about not being able to go back in time. Oh well, time for happy thoughts, like when I see Tom again. Yay!
    Sam Dolan
    January 11th (right?)
    English 8A
    Mr. Minkin
    Suggested Writing Prompt:
If you could
relive any day or moment in the last year, what
would it be? What exactly would you change? How could
that change affect you in the present?
    Hey Mr. Minkin,
    That’s not a bad question at all. In fact, I like this question very much. It’s almost like time travel, which seems like a pretty cool thing. I love time travel movies, and my dad and I have seen
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
about a million times. We love that movie. Those two dudes crack us up. We love the part when the teacher says, “Who was Joan of Arc?” and Bill and Ted are like, “Noah’s wife!”
    But of course I can’t go back
that
far. Maybe I would go back to the end of last year. If I could do that, I’d keep Foxxy from falling in love with Holly Culver. With Holly in the picture I’ve got no one to hang out with and things are getting kindof boring. Between him spending all his time with Holly, and Lichtensteiner splitting up our classes, it’s almost like Foxxy has moved to another town and goes to another school.
    Or better yet, I would go back to this morning. Then I wouldn’t have allowed Erica Dickerson to go first for the student council speech. I also wouldn’t have helped her out by holding up her visuals. But how was I supposed to know her posters would say, “Reasons Why We Should Not Vote for Sam Dolan”? Everybody thought it was real funny as Erica recapped the time our fourth grade class trip to the zoo was cut short because Foxxy and I had a little trouble with the monkeys. And then she retold the story from the fifth grade when I got stuck in a heating duct and the fire department had to be called. She had everyone in stitches recalling the time I accidently microwaved aluminum while on lunch duty when we were in the sixth grade.
    With everyone laughing and having such a good time with Erica’s speech there wasn’t time for mine. But I told Mr. Howe that I changed my mind about being on the stupid student council anyway.
    I don’t want to represent a homeroom that thinks Erica Dickerson is funny.
    But I’m not going to let it get me down, because this afternoon I’m going to get a part in the play.
    Chollie Muller
    January 11, 2015
    English 8A
    Mr. Minkin
    Suggested Writing Prompt:
If you could relive
any day or moment in the last year, what would
it be? What exactly would you change? How could that
change affect you in the present?
    Dear Mr. Minkin,
    Part of me wants to go back