Spelling

By Hannah Lambing

“I don’t think many humans know how to spell these days,” Marie shared with her friends on the way to the cafeteria, which was serving pot stickers, rice, and beef. Marie was a vegetarian so she normally just ate a salad and cottage cheese, which she claims, “Is healthier for you than that fatty junk.”

“Why do you say that Marie?” an open-minded Charlotte asked about her statement she had said when the four girls first met together by the math classroom.

“Because on our last vocabulary test,” Marie explained, “Everyone failed except for …” She paused for dramatic affect, “Me of course. I just don’t get it; doesn’t anyone study for their tests or quizzes?”

That question lingered within everyone’s minds, pounding inside their brains as they searched for an answer. The children pranced to the lunchroom and Marie brought her question up again, this time worded differently to see if that would click in anyone’s minds differently.

“Do you think the students in our 4th grade class, in the year 2014, study for their quizzes or tests?”

“No,” several people answered in unison. People these days didn’t think it was important to study and if they failed, well, it wasn’t such a big deal. Marie didn't get it and it bugged her so much.