Amelia's Scribe notes period 6 5/1

I walk into class and I see Buttercup talking to Mrs. Gill. She seems to be trying to say something, but she is ignored by G when the rest of the class comes into the classroom. Buttercup and the rest of us take our seats. Since I was saved from doing scribe notes yesterday (thank you Alex), G choses me to scribe today. Guess that means I will get nothing done but people watching today. As I think that, I hear Buttercup once again try to talk, but G talks over saying specifically that scribe note should not just be people watching…oops. In a debate between G and Steven, we learn that scribe notes are APPARENTLY supposed to focus on the academic purpose of the class…hope these do well.

After basically pushing Buttercup to the side of the classroom, G opens Alex’s scribe notes. Reading the notes takes longer than usual to begin with because Mrs. Gill has to correct them several times and then have a debate over whether or not one can disagree with a statement that says “I love this class.”

Buttercup is still being ignored. She’s hiding in a corner of the classroom.

            Next we read Megan’s scribe notes which G has to explain are very representative of the strange strange other class. Megan’s notes bring up the topics of swallowing fish at prom (nobody did that right?!) and also Chris’s eyebrow, which apparently is a very discriminated against facial expression of his. This whole time, Jack has been messing with his Kindle.

            Mrs. Gill finally calls Buttercup back to the circle as people get their books out. Buttercup starts to share her story but is once again ignored as The Princess Bride lunch and movie day are discussed. G is going to bring lemon brownies (which are really lemon squares) that she found a recipe for one pin-ter-rest, whatever that is. During this LEMON SQUARE discussion Mackenzie happens to find a picture of her beloved Scotty on Google and strokes the screen while showing me. Kory does the same with a picture of some girl from Wolf of Wall Street.

            Finally it is silent and as books are opened, Buttercup is back in her chair telling her story. She quickly hushed as Jack announces that his book is broken because he dropped it and Taylor tries to tell me something but all I hear is “St. Clare.” Then Jacob checks powerschool and the ole’ powerschool debate begins. Mrs. Gill really seems to be ignoring Buttercup now.

            Reading and scribing is hard, good thing we’re still ignoring Buttercup. There’s a bit more silence until G takes Kory’s laptop and places it in the middle of the circle, maybe he’ll read now. Nope. He’s playing with his broken finger again.

            It’s a bit more quiet now and Buttercup may actually get to tell her story. Once again, she is hushed as Taylor says she’s had her fill of Mr. McQueary.

            “I’ve had my fill of mcQueary. Oh fill reminds me of filling which reminds me of Twinkies.” –Taylor

            After some discussion on the rules of fashion led by Jacob, the class has fallen silent and Buttercup has started talking again. She seems annoyed though as Alex seems to be pulling a Tim Bufka and Mackenzie is just giggling. I try to listen to Buttercup’s story but she just seems a little strange. She can hear the people talking even when she’s underwater? She thinks she can swim to safety? Maybe she should go talk to Mrs. Strohmeyer or the swim coach. By this point it is obvious that Alex is pulling a Tim. Buttercup is really getting to tell her story now that the class is all paying attention to her. She seems somewhat dumb because the Cliffs of Insanity that she explains totally sound like normal cliffs, but oh well. She even gets to the first of many, “inconceivable!’s.” I hope I can continue listening to her and scribing, the story seems to be getting really good.

            That silence didn’t last long. Buttercup’s story is interrupted by a weird screaming down the hall. We have a class vote, G thinks it’s Ms. Moore, the class think’s it’s Sam Stewart. The noise happens again and Kory calls back. It’s their mating call. He’s trying to mate with Sam.

            After that, Buttercup is pretty much sent back to her corner. There’s no way the class will listen to her anymore. G randomly disappears and the girl that used to think chapstick was toxic puts her book on her head. I notice from across the class that Carrie sits in a very strange way. She has her legs crossed but the ankle bone of the one that is not over her knee is like touching the floor. I try. Ouch, that’s not human. All hopes of getting back into Buttercup’s story are gone as Nina begins to stress about AP Psychology. She tells me the grade are up from the quiz yesterday….MUST. CHECK. POWERSCHOOL. Alright, these are extremely long but to sum up the class, we ignored Buttercup, listened to her for a little, and then Mrs. Gill returned Kory’s computer and we all left. BYE.