Nina's scribe notes from 4/29 period 6

Jack complains

Alex tries to talk

Gets ignored

We start reading Meredith’s scribe notes. Mrs. Gill is dissed in those scribe notes and in response she tells Meredith that she’s not more than her prom dress.

Okay..

Note to self: Kiddy scissors not kitty scissors.

Mrs. Gill tries to pronounce ‘lol jk’, and once again fails with this generation’s lingo.

Is 2048 educational??? . . . 4+4=8? . . . Since when?  

We’re all sorry you have a creepy smile, Adam.

WOAH hold on MACK HAS SOMETHING TO SAY – this one time Mrs. Kersting gets a bless you from the whole entire class but when Mackenzie sneezes she doesn’t even get a reciprocating bless you from Mrs. Kersting. Thank you for that insightful story, Mackenzie.

Is saying bless you superstitious? Adam says no, but Lucy rejects that idea and tells him that it was originally based off of superstition (which is accurate! Trivia: Some claim that a man’s soul would be thrust from his body by the sneeze and the ‘Bless you’ would temporarily shield the soul from Satan just long enough for the soul to re-enter the body).

We’re still not done with scribe notes yet.

Mrs. Gill says “I have my own kind of fun” which wasn’t very sexual, but I think Kory just enjoys trying to make people laugh about sexual things. It didn’t help when Mrs. Gill tells us that we have “sex soup” in our world. Really? A sex soup? Are you trying to make things weird?

“I know the answer, but I don’t know what we’re talking about” – Mackenzie’s senior quote

“Snow White isn’t a seeing thin, but it’s a believing thing” – Kory

*turning our attention to The Princess Bride*

Taylor has never seen the book

Adam has never seen the movie

But now he has the opportune chance because we get to watch it in class!

“At your house, Mrs. Gill?” – Kory

Nah, good try.

Excited chatter sweeps through the classroom as Mrs. Gill hands out a menu that will accompany the movie. But of course, Taylor objects to the menu because she eats a total of seven different foods, none of which are presented on the list.

Amelia Gardiner asks why grapes are listed under deserts which envokes a hearty laugh from Kory… too bad Voss tried to make that joke when Mrs. Gill originally handed out the paper… no one was listening so he pretended it didn’t happen. But it did; I saw it.

Still reading the menu, Kory starts talking to himself about what he should get. He settles on the ham. I of course accuse him of only doing it to get into the scribe notes (which he is in a total of eight times I believe). He rejects this idea and tells me that it would have been weird if he told anyone else what to eat, so he told himself instead. That makes sense.

Apparently it’s Meredith’s birthday. Everyone wishes her a happy birthday. No one means it. Sorry mere.

Note taking time! Let’s finish the notes the other class finished yesterday.

But I can’t take notes and scribe at the same time??? Looks like I can’t take notes, Mrs. Gill.

Oops.

No one to blame but yourself on that one, though. You chose me to do scribe notes today.

While I’m not taking notes, I’m watching Taylor watch everyone else.

I glance over to Voss and I bet anyone ten whole cents that he wasn’t taking notes.

Feminism is mentioned.

Everyone is thinking about Lucy.

She doesn’t seem to be effected by the word whatsoever.

We’ll just have to wait and see.

Sexual power.

All we ever do in this class is talk about sex.

Why don’t we have a sex ed class? Mrs. Gill could teach it. I take that back. She would be uncomfortably laughing the whole way through it. And end up making sexual jokes she hadn’t meant to have made.

I’d take that class.

But before I do that, I need to teach Mrs. Gill how to thoroughly erase her board.

Myth – 3 purposes: 1. Origins. 2. Hero’s. 3. What not to do.

One bless you for Lucy from Alex Voss

Did we not all just complain about not getting ‘bless you’s?

Tragedy – suffering, falling from high to low – noble people

“Started from someone’s who’s high”

I think Kory just made a marijuana joke

Drug test?

Once again we are making fun of What Technology Wants… but it wasn’t even that bad?? Maybe I’m just a nerd

Once again Taylor is flicking someone off (this time Amelia) and is trying to be sly about it by rubbing her cheek with her middle finger ~smooth~

Comedy – domestic life – creation of a new society – regular people

We’re not special

This job application is asking Jack for his super hero nickname

FYI: it’s John Pierce

It’s also asking about the vibe of the workplace and has peace signs throughout the applications

Sign me up, man.

Romance – not kissing L - not noble people but not normal people – specially talented people – ongoing quest

EX. Lancelot

Adam Lances a lot

Lancing is popping a boil??? No it’s not it’s jousting

Kory stop making sexual jokes

Irony – challenged individual – “so Taylor?” … she just made a joke making fun of herself… but she also has her own romance story… one that involves BRIAN. I hope she hates me for bringing him up.

Why is the sky blue? – question on Jack’s job application

Carley Sowell is staring at the same spot on the floor that she has been staring at all class.

Mackenzie is eating Chex Mix. The same Chex Mix Jayquelin was eating earlier.

Someone picked the ghetto version of Gatsby to read last year. It was turned into a film titled G. Mrs. Gill wants to be called G. She’s waiting for some grandkids. They could call her GiGi (GG?) instead. G says it sounds too old.

What is rye bread? – bread made wholly or partly with rye flour, typically with caraway seeds added – it’s a Jewish thing

HOLD ON MACK HAS A JOKE – speaking of rye what if it was RYEmeo and Juliet? (Mack, stop)

“What if it was Catcher in the RYE.. oh wait” – Kory.

Mrs. Gill needs a complainer. Braddock raises his hand. “Jesus Christ” – Mack

There’s this guy from Iceland named Thor who’s 6’9” and 400lbs. 

G brings up Shannon’s 2048 game and she’s already won. Surprise. “Have you already read the Princess Bride, Shannon?” – G. She’s halfway done. Surprise.

Mackenzie brings up how G used to be scary and how G snatched Sarah Holden’s belongings and put them in her room because they were always in front of her door. Then later that same week, G was walking down the hallway and took down a vulgar sign that just so happened to be attacked to Sarah Holden’s locker. G can’t remember what it said, but it involved oral sex.

Once again we are talking about sex.

FOOD

Middle of the Circle (an abstract poem by Megan K.)

Scribe notes from 4-30

Will is worming his way in the middle of the circle, I think they call it art

Annette hits Will, again

Annette wrote a poem

Poetry voice for GIll

The great fish debate

“is that just an urban legend?” Mrs. Gill asks

As usual, people are loud

Shelly is confused about her pugnacious attitude

I do the kazoo thing, Mama Gill didn’t believe me

We talk about the inability of people to spell Annette’s name

Her last name is “something”

*slowly applauds Will*

Erin looks over my shoulder, sniffing loudly.

Bitch do you mind?

Erin has my notes down

Thanks Erin

She continues to make weird noises, which Sarah thinks is the funniest thing ever

Nick is opening his mouth as he yawns, he looks like a trout when he yawns

And it’s not an insult, I look like a potato when I yawn

Annette can’t keep her hands to herself

Will and Shelly natter at each other

Chris looks perpetually irritated

Put down your eyebrow, Chris

Alyssa almost throws things across the classroom

“Don’t throw things across my classroom!” Mother Gill shouts

We proceed to talk about different kinds of genres and different ways books can be analyzed

Romance, Tragedy, Comedy, Irony

The irony part especially applies to the Princess Bride

These are all different genres books apply to

At 1:32, MAMA GENRE begins its existence

“Sounds like parmesan” Erin says

She wants me to put that in

You’re welcome

MG wants her new nickname to be Mama G

Will and Chris talk over everyone

God, Chris, put down that eyebrow, you’re gonna hurt someone

Chris is the God of looking skeptical/ done

Alyssa can’t stop coughing

Will makes slurping noises as the topic of romance is breeched.

Gross

Will continues to murmur even though he should be paying attention

Alyssa coughs again, Will and Annette are unsympathetic

Nick always looks like he is startled

Will attempts to Segway, but Mama G shuts that shit down

Nuh-un

Not in mah house

Nick and Chris balance their laptops on the back of their screens

Yawns are abundant

I have counted two

Shout out to Sarah’s Shoes, how I love her red converse

Will- “The Amish are real?”

I’m not gonna lie, that sentence basically embodies his presence in English class

Courtney has her Spanish book out, ho shit, Stop the presses

Mama G stops the class to call out Courtney

But not before Alyssa coughs some more

“I think alyssa just aged eighty years” whispers Erin

Ben and I make eye contact

Now he’s paranoid that he’s doing something weird.

Sucker.

He and I stifle laughter

Nothing says fun like a silent conversation

Abby plugs in my computer

Thank god for my prom buddy

I look over at Will, he is playing with the sunglasses on his head

This kid is always talking or fidgeting

Bianca and I make eye contact

Looks like we both want to go home

 “Should I email you my journals?”

“You could have just not brought that up”

Chris, you are an awful influence

Champion Complainers are asked to take the stage

Shelly and Chris

Shelly said, “it was weird”

Chris- “its all narration, nothing happened.”

He’s not wrong.

.

Mrs. Gill has something to give us

WATCHING THE PRINCESS BRIDE

WOO HOO

YES

Wait at lunch? Really?

YES IT’S CATERED

FOOD

Abby freaks about potato salad

Lindsay looks skeptical

Jesus, girl, it’s free food. What do you want, a freaking marching band?

Will winks at me, unprompted

Slow down crazy

The class seems to be turning into a free period

Sarah is working peacefully

Abby get off my foot

She realizes shes on my foot

I sigh

My hands are getting tired

Mama G yelled at underclassmen, and how she bullied freshman Sarah

Poor sarah

Alyssa and abby are singing Veggie Tales

Bridget notices me and compliments my poker face

Bitch you best

Erin calls me a team mom

She knows my secret

I waggle my eyebrows at Bridget

Erin talks about how she asked me really gross questions

I throw up a little in my mouth

What I am I sitting next to?

I have written four pages of notes

We talk about how Senora Hrakdek is mad at us

It’s not our fault

Mama G started it

Abby asks me about pen names

I say Luna Lovegood

I would come up with something better, but I’m working

Silence settles on the crowd

MG attempts to talk about What Technology Wants

Aha, the sophmores have to read it

I’m so exhausted

Is this death

We only have two minutes left of class

I’m out bitches

*salutes and naps*

Meredith K.'s scribe notes from Monday 4/28

Today’s English class started with Mrs. Gill giving me life changing advice: “Meredith, you are more than just your Prom Dress.” And with that, I know that my life is headed in a great direction. Apparently we were supposed to read chapter 3 of The Princess Bride. Oops. We go over Adam’s scribe notes and afterwards I hear Mrs. Gill call us “dopes.” I wasn’t really paying attention to the conversation in the first place so I wasn’t going to bother paying attention to the rest.

“I have a question but it might be kind of dumb.” Says Mackenzie

“Jesus Christ,” replies Adam

I don’t remember the question but Kory started mocking Mackenzie for it and she shot him with the death glare. After passing out the quiz, Mrs. Gill passed back old papers and Amelia noticed that one of her papers was cut in half. “She is going to throw it away anyway!” says Mrs. Gill. “I used kitty scissors.”

Something about evidence having nothing to do with the book and Jack being terrified; either because of the book or Mackenzie was flirting again. After shocking silence during the quiz, I turn mine in at the same time Shannon does. I guarantee those are the two quizzes with the highest and lowest scores in the class and you can just guess who’s was the highest score (better luck next time Shannon!!! Lol jk)

Dyknow request for journals and what a surprise! My laptop isn’t hooking up to the system. You know what that means? Shopping! Jk 2048 since prom is over. “How many socks are you wearing today Mackenzie?” Adam asks puzzled and Steven chimes in. All that comes from Mack is a grunt and death threats towards Steven.

We start discussing the book and Steven has some harsh words while Nina is just flat out mad. Mrs. Gill explains that she is going to skin our papers/journals while Nina and Lucy explain that they angry wrote their journals. We start a discussion on the book itself when Adam makes a joke about interrupting people. Mackenzie mentions that very time Adam thinks he made a funny joke, an awkward, closed mouth smile stretches across his face and our point is immediately proven. I get a shout out for not reading…again. Nina sneezes a cute sneeze and Jaquelin can’t figure out what noise just escaped Nina’s face because it sounded so foreign. We return to the topic of the book and Steve thinks that the book should be burned, like all the other ones we have read so far. I see Mackenzie sent Jack an air heart as usual and he tries to ignore her.

Steven beat Mackenzie in sending me the chart and she immediately counter attacks with, “Hey Steve I have Meredith’s heart, not you.” My heart meaning my email… Mackenzie has my email. We start talking about Literary Theory and how English teachers suck the fun out of everything so let it be known, from West Hall to East Hall, that Mrs. Gill is a fun sucker. Steven mentions something about learning and fun being two completely different things.

Mrs. Gill asks us a question about gay marriage and Mackenzie has the answer she was looking for, but has no idea what we are talking about. Mrs. Gill mentions that we have to grind and we discover that Adam never had a childhood because he has never seen Snow White.

Annette's period 1 scribe notes from Monday 4/28

Nonsense Poem

25% chance of rain

Will unplugged my laptop

Mr. Taylor went to prom with Will?

Standard “Abby was absent” joke

There were real fish at prom

SOMEONE ATE ONE???

Megan is a closet reader

Will only breathes in closets

Mrs. Gill is a “playa”

Will bit me

Ben and Chris coordinate outfits?

Bianca interpretations

Will takes it too far as usual

Shelley is being a rebel or something

Mumbled complaining

Huck Finn hate

Will tried and failed to make a joke

Loser

Abby poked me in the ear

Will is doing something stupid

“What the freak” says Shelley

Will’s laptop doesn’t trust him for the four hundredth day in a row

On our debate Mrs. Gill said Abby and me were threatening

That was the point

Why is the class singing?

What is Nick doing with his face?

Abby misses Alyssa

Megan is a kazoo

Mrs. Gill is super pumped about prom dresses

Humperdinck is an oompa loompa pop singer

Abby and Lindsay are upset about a celebrity divorce or something

Oh wait it was a rumor

Lindsay is relieved

Bianca makes upset noises

Mrs. Gill is going to lecture and teach us about literary theory

I feel like that’s actually important to put in

Same sex romance

Justin Bieber

Stories move culture

That’s pretty cool

Lil’ Johnny snorts coke

Shelley is being overly argumentative again

According to Erin, Snow White slept in a butter bowl

Mrs. Gill – “Me, me, me, me, me”

Good people are rewarded and evil people are punished

Moral books sound kinda boring

Bianca is sleeping

Mrs. Gill lies

Bianca drops her water bottle and looks like her life is over

Oh my God she still hasn’t gotten it

That was sad

Seriously Nick what’s up with your face?

Woah we’re talking about the Book Thief I love that book

Bridget is playing with her hair

Mrs. Gill is loving the text again

Shelley complains without paying attention, that takes talent

“Rooted in the text”

“Answer in the text”

Snow White shacking up with seven little men

Nick is dancing

He sees me typing and shakes his head with emphasis

Learning about types of characters in novels

Recurring patterns of personality

Will still can’t spell my name

“Text belongs to the readers”

Announcements are on and I’m out

Abby's scribe notes from Friday 4-25 (the day of Prom)

Walking into class two days in a row and I still get “Oh hey! There’s a new student!” Yes everyone, I am here. It feels like making me scribe today is my punishment for not being here but okay here we go. When Mrs. Gill starts to read Nick’s notes she mentions us going into his mind. Of course Will is excited about that.  Spoonjnak? Unique. Apparently Lindsay did not sleep last night because of prom. She looks hyped up. Excitement or sleep deprivation? Bridget mentions the real fish. That’s happening?? Someone says that they’re going to be the appetizers. Chris says that the appetizers are actually the breathilizers. I can’t help but laugh. Shoot, lost my place. Of course I’m sitting there and hear random noises coming from Will. Maybe we won’t take the quiz, we all seem distracted. Wait no, here it comes. It’s actually quiet! This just feels weird. When Megan turns in her quiz she actually starts reading, odd for our class. I hear her laugh, kind of freaks me out. Okay wait, gotta focus. Sarah now walks in. Of course she’s late and makes me scribe. Oh…wait…never mind I guess I can’t be mad. She just got in a car accident. She warns me about her anger; guess she’s going to make this easy for me. The last question of the quiz asks if Buttercup is dumb. Let’s really think about this. She didn’t understand the way Westley described his love with sand. I can understand that and I’m me. When Chris pulls out his math homework he tries to convince Mrs. Gill that he puts her class first 95% of the time, But really Chris, let’s think about it…Okay just kidding. Sarah then starts to describe the accident. “Sarah get back to work!” “Sorry, I’m pissed!” “It kind of looks like Lindsay’s the priest, Nick’s the alter server, and Princess Bride is the bible” Good point Alyssa. “Are you almost done?” Nick says. Honestly, why wouldn’t you just stop?  So many teachers hate us? Yeah I would kind of assume that, but thanks for the reissuance Mrs. Gill. Nick still ponders how Adam stole the Buttercup joke. “OH, it was Mackenzie” Somehow we got to Mrs. Gill trying to change hella to hecka. Good try, but no. Emily something? She doesn’t even go here! Thanks Alyssa for the Mean Girls quote. Megan is still sitting there actually reading, well crying into her book. Now more ways of how Mrs. Gill hides cuss words comes up. Annette, “Yeah, I just say the words.” I look over and see Chris laughing. Sorry but I missed what was said. I’m really trying. Ben and Chris are going to prom…well their own prom... at the blues game. I feel like I would skip prom if I had that ability, but no. Nick drops his pen into the circle. I think that can be considered the worst part of the circle. “He looks like a gymnast” says Alyssa. Right after, Annette drops her pen. Luck for her I think nick enjoyed going into the circle. Even though he was nice, Nick hits his head on his desk. Sorry, but that was pretty funny. Mr. Taylor comes up of course. “Mr. Taylor is the biggest Caucasian I know, well Abby you’re a close second” Thanks Megan. Ben then thanks Will for actually saying Bless you after three sneezes. Did we talk about this earlier? I honestly can’t remember. Will and Alyssa start to act like Bianca. We can’t have a class without Bianca. There was some “pure gold” being said. Sorry guys, but there’s a lot going on here. I hear Bridget and Erin laughing the entire time practically, but yet their words aren’t the loudest. Sarah is describing her accident through her book and agenda. Quality right there. Her dad finally comes up. God, I love that man. The similarity between those two is finally clicking in others minds.  Australian accents? Is that what I heard? Wait! Did Lindsay just say she hopes the Blues lose? Woah no! Class is finally over. Stress is gone. But wait! Was that even English class? Mrs. Gill wants to reassure to EVERYONE that she did give out the quiz, she doesn’t roll with giving no class work due to prom. Okay Mrs. Gill…class wasn’t any different. 

Adam's Scribe notes 4-24

As we are reading Carly’s scribe notes, Carly’s stating that almost no one read the book prompted Mrs. Gill to say, “I hate my life… And it is not that I hate my life, I hate you guys.”

We “discuss gifs and the proper pronunciation of the word/abbreviation, like every other class for the last week.

 After talking about me naturally counter attacking on something Mrs. Gill said, Mackenzie says, “If you sneezed, Adam would argue with you on that.” Naturally, I counterattack.

Everyone laughs while reading Will’s scribe notes.

Taylor flips off Amelia WITH BOTH HANDS and then waves to me and tells me to put that in my scribe notes. I stare Taylor down while doing so.

Steve tells me not to put anything he says in my scribe notes, but we agree that I can put in quotes that he approves.

Joe Gill’s mom “yells” at us to read. Everyone complains for a good 3 minutes.

“Buttercup’s a horse!”

 “Buttercup’s a whore?” - Kory

“Please yourselves!” says Kory, quoting Mrs. Gill.

Mackenzie asks another question, “Mrs. Gill, is that what’s due Monday?”

“Jesus Christ,” responds Jacob, implying that the question was stupid (it was).

“I can tell who read the book and who read the movie,” says Mrs. Gill.

Silence. People are reading the movie.

Alex Voss stares at the whiteboard for 5 minutes, book in hand.

Outside of class, Mrs. McMullen-Hellwig gives Austin Hakim 2 weekend detentions. They argue about his attitude and times of detention. “I’m sorry, I work. I can’t be there,” says Austin. “You will be there, that’s too bad… Your attitude doesn’t help either,” says Mrs. McMullen-Hellwig kindly.

We have one big, but not so big, quiz on Monday over parts 1-3.

“OH, YEAH!” “You wanna take off your shirt?” say some voices from outside the room.

Matt’s Target water bottle is staring me straight in the eyes.

Jack hits Jacquelyn while she is reading, he apologizes, and she gives him a death stare.

Voss is still looking around the room, book in hand.

Yawns are abundant.

Carly and I make awkward eye contact.

A random braided ribbon is found on the floor. Amelia and I throw it back and forth, and then it is thrown to Kory. He puts it around his head.

Mrs. Gill invites Steve to stay after school to finish the first part. He politely declines.

Mrs. Gill tries to whistle with her fingers, but fails, and it looks like she wants to shoot herself.

“Her name makes me hungry because it reminds me of Reese’s peanut butter cups.” - Mackenzie

Kory sings the buttercup song.

Mrs. Gill asks us to choose which 1818 classes they should teach next year. Kory thoughtfully suggests “What Technology Wants” in Technology, Media, and Literature.

We end the class talking about how McQueary will always hate me, Steven, and Kory, while Mrs. Gill disagrees with all of us, even though we are right. He’ll never like us. 

A CLASS IN NICK BUJNAK’S MIND

Oh God there’s two seats open where do I go? Bianca keeps asking me to sit next to her. Why does she keep repeating my name? Spoonjak? Come on Bianca it’s not sophomore year. I’ll just sit next to Ben. Sorry Bianca. Now there’s prom talk from the girls. Ugh, I can’t wait for this to be over. I guess class is actually starting. I’m typing loudly sorry everyone in the class. There’s a seat open next to me I bet Mrs. Gill sits there. I was right. Abby is walking in. Should I make the same joke as Will? Yeah, I’ve done it before. (Steals Will’s joke). Oh we’re reading scribe notes. Man, I hope mine are funnier than these. Carly, why would you mention that no one reads? It’s just going to piss off Mrs. Gill. I was right again. Wow she actually said those exact words. Here comes the lecture. All I hear her saying is ‘text’. Text text text text review the text love the text read the text study the text text text text text text. Why must she repeat that word so much? Did Courtney just ask which class Mrs. Gill likes more? Teachers must hate that question.

-          “That’s a hard question”

Nice dodge Mrs. Gill. We all know that they hate all of us equally. Uh oh we’re talking about the book now. I hope she doesn’t ask me if I read. Crap. Well now that she called me out I can just scribe for the rest of the class. Wait, Ben thinks this book is boring? Shocker. I guess we’re talking about Buttercup now. This discussion is all over the place. Oh God everyone is talking at once I can’t type fast enough. I guess the general consensus is that we like Buttercup. Mmm Buttercup or Peanut buttercup. I need a Reese’s. Shoot wasn’t paying attention. What the heck is Will drawing? “Horse is my ‘mane’ man”. Is it possible to cringe everywhere on your body? I’m pretty sure the only one in this room that genuinely laughed at that was Sarah. I’m actually friends with these people (just kidding Will and Sarah <3). Oh Mrs. Gill please tell me you’re joking about not understanding it. She wasn’t kidding. Time for the daily update on Ben’s facial hair. There it is. Uh oh sneeze coming on. That was so loud and gross. Wow Will is really the only one who says “Bless you”? Great to see I have people who care about my health in this room. Mrs. Gill must you make Lindsay read this four page passage out loud? How am I supposed to scribe about this? I guess this is going okay, people are actually following along for once. Aaaaaand there it goes. I bet Chris is the first one with his head down. Dang I was wrong, looks like Will is the first one defeated. Wow his face is really far in that book. Oh God this is moving so slow I think I can actually feel myself dying slowly. HOW ARE THERE STILL TWO PAGES LEFT? Is Lindsay putting herself to sleep by reading? Is that possible? What time is it? TWENTY MINUTES OF CLASS LEFT? Okay these scribe notes are getting a little ridiculous. I think it’s time to stop. Better brag about how long they are though. This is going to take forever to edit tonight but let’s be honest I’ll wait until the last minute anyways. 

The Ups and Downs of a 26 Minute English Class: 4/23 by Carly S.

I’m telling you having class at 9am should be a good thing because it means we got an extra hour of sleep, but for some strange reason everyone always comes into class a little more tired than usual, and Wednesday’s English class was no exception. The first words heard coming out of peoples’ mouths were “I’m tired” and “I want to go back to bed”. However, we all quickly realize that we should wake up because we have to take a quiz over a book that we more than likely didn’t even open. Before even taking the quiz the arguing begins, and of course, it has absolutely nothing to do with The Princess Bride. Voss lectures the whole class on how you pronounce “gif” while Taylor is in a huff trying to explain to Mrs. Gill how to properly pronounce “Pinterest”. Right about this time Jaclyn gets to cut part of class to go and “practice” her petitions with Father Bob while Jacob insists on looking at his grades online, which was to Mrs. Gill’s dismay when she says “looking at your grades won’t improve them”, this to the dismay of Jacob. Still before the quiz has even been passed out, Mrs. Gill argues with the class on the difference between yelling and saying shut up but eventually abandons the idea and tells Steven to shut up instead of kicking him out of class. And yet, the quiz still hasn’t been handed out even though class is 26 minutes long.

Finally, Mrs. Gill attempts handing out quizzes over the book’s intro with complete silence, which never actually works. Right on cue, Cory starts asking Mrs. Gill about how he wants to respond to the last quiz question sarcastically instead of a “serious paragraph worthy response”. Finally. Silence. Haha just kidding totally a joke we all know that ACC English 3 is never quiet. Hopefully you didn’t fall for that one J. Of course, a quiz wouldn’t be complete without a saint quote, and the saints may not have been on Mackenzie’s side because she forgot where Florin was and whether or not it actually exists, and then the class got into yet another argument/heated discussion on whether or not saint quotes were really worth the time and energy. In the words of Mrs. Gill: “The saints choose you, and the saints may save your life”. Then she talked about how Leah’s saint was St. Joseph, who only wished for her to pause in reverent silence. Lucy’s scribe notes are read from the previous day while some people were still trying to take their quiz, which of course Mrs. Gill started yelling for them to turn them in. Adam naturally counterattacked saying how he couldn’t form a general opinion over ANY book that could have impacted his life at one point or another #really?! After Lucy’s scribe notes had been read, Mrs. Gill discussed how an abridged book doesn’t exist…or does it? Steven: “Does this book actually exist?” By this point it was time to leave, so Mrs. Gill addressed how we needed to put our chairs back in rows because she didn’t trust her English 3 students in a circle. 

“A Quick Article for a Slow Day of Work”

Sit down. Shut up. Read your book. Mamma Gill’s in a bad mood today.

Something about climate. I’m cold. Scan room. Bianca flashes peace sign. Duck face. Wow.

Still scanning. Erin has a blown up latex glove. Crudely drawn face. Hans. Kinda scared.

“The silence begins now friends…. Yesss…”. Thanks Bianca. I don’t think I’ll ever talk again.  

One minute. Two minutes. Three. Four. Five in and Lindsay taps out.

Gill’s big girl voice, “I FINNA GET ANGRY!”  Should I be scared? Nahhh.

Scanning. Scanning. Silence. Thirty minutes until lunch.

Ben looks different… NO BEARD?? Disappointment. Tears. I refuse to talk to him again.

Snip, snip, snip. MG goin’ hard with orange safety scissors. Chris intently watching her. Such precision.

Twenty-five minutes until lunch. Grumble grumble.

New girl? Nope, just Abby actually in class.

Foot tapping. Rap, rap, rap.

Nick Bujnak. Was that a wink or a blink? Sinking. Sliding down chair. Call me?

Revelations. Ben feels lost without beard. Naked. “SHHH” from Fish-Gill.

WHAP, WHAP. Annette hit me. Questioning friendship.

Courtney with laptop, on book, on paper. Overachiever.

Megan Kerr looks bored. So does Chris.

Lindsay’s shoes like pink sun. Still can’t see.

Chris balancing book. Success. Most excitement all class.

Erin. Bridget. Whisper. Shared computer screen. They laugh. I sigh.

Twenty minutes until lunch. I like cookies.

Erin, Bridget exchange more whispers. I stare. Bridget hides. I win.

Alyssa and Annette. Drawing on desk with highlighter. Alyssa looks concerned. Annette laughs. Typical.

Is Chris asleep?

Across the hall, laughter, screams. Gill slams door.

“Annette shed a tear… she does have emotion! She does have a heart!”. False.

Fifteen minutes until lunch. Stomach hurts. Send distress signals!

Bianca plays drums with face. Lolz. Srsly?

Erin, Bridget STILL WHISPERING. Hidden behind book. Supa Sneaky.

Typing… Typing……. I got nothin’. Thanks Obama.

Still cold. Stomach clawing. A constant clatter of keys. Sooooooooo slowwwwww…

BIANCA RAISES HAND! Gill trudges over. Bonk’s hand is a dolphin when speaking.

Megan Kerr, straight back, fixed eyes on book. Full focus.

Book raised high. New levels of interest reached?

NOPE. Book hits desk. Eyes close. Maybe next year.

Is Courtney playing 2048?

Silent-Watcher Gill retreats to desk. DyKnow left unguarded. IT’S SPRING BREAK!

Ten minutes until lunch. Start the grind.

“I leave for golf at 12:30”. Chris is packed up. It’s 12:15.

I think I make Annette uncomfortable.

She puts hair on me. Out of control.

Abby face down on textbook. Nap time.

Erin pets Bridget’s hair… Stares at me… Can I leave now?

Mrs. Gill stares at floor. Or Bianca? Can’t tell.

I see a Manott twin in the hall. They wave. I wave back. Which one are you?

Five minutes until lunch. Close to tears.

Sarah has not moved. At all.

Look down. Pencil open, lead out. Annette smirks. Radical!

Time’s up! Cheers!

Quiz tomorrow. Groans.

“Buttercup’s a horse!” I’m out. Bungee –cord up backpack. Call it a day. 

Lucy's Scribe notes from 4-22

We came into class and Mrs. Gill yelled at us for not reading the book before asking if any of us had, in fact, read the book, which some of us actually had. I felt powerful because I was the only one allowed to have their laptop out without having the reading done first. Mrs. Gill gave us the whole class to finish the reading and write our journals so it turns out that I picked a good day to scribe because there is really not that much to report. Three minutes into class we had not yet all settled down yet and Alex started randomly screaming about the proper pronunciation of “gif” after Mrs. Gill once again insisted that she is the only person in the world who pronounces “interest” and “Pinterest” correctly. IT’S TWO SYLLABLES, MRS. GILL. JUST GIVE IN. PIN. TREST. Then everyone was quiet. Too quiet. Suspiciously quiet? Then there was a little bit of noise because Mrs. Gill told Jaclyn she didn’t need to read the introduction and Jaclyn said she didn’t and Kory lied and said he had read the introduction and took that back after it became clear that he would still have to read pages 1 through 36. We reaffirmed the idea that the William Goldman in the book is nothing like the William Goldman who exists in real life and that he is a fictional character in a fictional world where America is mostly the same but there’s a country somewhere across the pond called Florin. Or something? More silence, and reading, and pretending to be reading. Good Lord, I have changed tenses like five times in these scribe notes. I’m not going to fix it. I think it gives these notes a certain rough charm. If I acknowledge it that means it’s an intentional literary technique and not a blatant grammar error, right? God, I hope so. The narrator in this book is kind of an extreme jerk. I know he’s supposed to be, but I hope he doesn’t come up very much. Westley and Buttercup are the bomb, though. Well, now it’s time to go. Okay. Bye.