{"id":303,"date":"2024-03-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.theworldrevolvesaroundmichael.com\/?p=303"},"modified":"2024-03-14T21:05:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T02:05:39","slug":"part-3-of-my-new-story-i-really-should-come-up-with-a-better-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.theworldrevolvesaroundmichael.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/20\/part-3-of-my-new-story-i-really-should-come-up-with-a-better-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 3 of my New Story! (I really should come up with a better name)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial\">My first class was algebra 2. When I walked through the door, the first thing my teacher said was, &#8220;Are you lost? Looking for algebra 1? It&#8217;s right down the hall, honey. First classroom on the left.&#8221; My face must have betrayed my emotions, because the next thing my teacher said was, &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry. I was assuming based on the number of freshmen that come up in here thinking it&#8217;s algebra 1. You are looking for algebra 1 though, right?&#8221; I could feel my face getting a little bit pink. &#8220;No. I am in algebra 2. I was in advanced math in sixth grade, so I moved on to algebra in eighth. I am not at the same level as my fellow freshmen. Thank you for trying to be kind, but this is where I&#8217;m supposed to be. I guarantee that I will make straight A&#8217;s in your class.&#8221; Ok, so maybe not straight A&#8217;s. I embellished a little bit much on that. But I didn&#8217;t say that. The teacher seemed to guess what I&#8217;d left unsaid. &#8220;Don&#8217;t overwork yourself, honey. This is a difficult class for a freshman like you.&#8221; I noticed for the first time that she spoke with a definite southern drawl, sounding just like those old western or country or whatever it is folks on the shows Opal used to watch. I started to get a little irritated. This teacher is underestimating me. And I don&#8217;t like it. I&#8217;ll show her later. Right now, I&#8217;ve got a class to pass. Later, the teacher introduces herself as Mrs. Brennard. She tells us she has 2 kids, who happen to be my siblings&#8217; age. As the bell rings, I decided that I have mixed feelings about this teacher.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My first class was algebra 2. When I walked through the door, the first thing my teacher said was, &#8220;Are you lost? Looking for algebra 1? It&#8217;s right down the hall, honey. First classroom on the left.&#8221; My face must have betrayed my emotions, because the next thing my teacher said was, &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry. I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,55],"tags":[36,18,11],"class_list":["post-303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiction","category-writing-samples","tag-carolyn","tag-fiction","tag-writing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.theworldrevolvesaroundmichael.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.theworldrevolvesaroundmichael.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.theworldrevolvesaroundmichael.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.theworldrevolvesaroundmichael.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.theworldrevolvesaroundmichael.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.theworldrevolvesaroundmichael.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304,"href":"https:\/\/blog.theworldrevolvesaroundmichael.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303\/revisions\/304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.theworldrevolvesaroundmichael.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.theworldrevolvesaroundmichael.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.theworldrevolvesaroundmichael.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}