Children, put your electronics away. In our
- Children, put your electronics away. In our school we use blackboards and chalk, and pen and paper. If you don't like it, run away into the electronic wilderness where predators
- lay around every corner. Such a number would leave. Those who remain, open your textbook to page 23.
- They all opened there texts books, stopping at page 22. An uncomfortable silence formed, until someone finally spoke "T-there is no page 23, t-theyve all been ripped out"
- "Really, is that true all?" Ms. Kettle said gazing at her students. "Yes, that IS true. Like true true." Ms. Kettle sighed as if she were about to give up her job
- After a long pause, Ms. Kettle steepled her fingers and gravely said, "Listen to me very closely, if what you're claiming is correct, this is a very dangerous situation."
- I think my mom is in coma because of this situation.
- I'm not sure, actually. My mom was always a heavy sleeper, so she could just be dreaming of something fun and totally nonsensical. But I think it could be a coma, because she's
- lying so still. When I would watch her in the night, matching my breathing with hers perfectly, at least her chest would rise and fall. But now? There's barely any movement. Mom is
- sick. She always wanted me to be a doctor, and I never really saw a reason before, but I now understood. As her breathing slowed, mine quickened. She gave me life. Not once, twice.
- Certainly, it was at this moment that I decided that I would become a doctor myself. Never was I particularly fond of this decision, but it was my way of asking for forgiveness.
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- 2024-08-20 08:34:24
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- 2025-05-23 11:35:15
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KieferSkunk May 23 2025 @ 20:27
That turned dark.