Short Story: Middle School

They are all nervous, some more than others. But, they all calm down after meeting their new teacher, Mr. Terupt. He's smart, kind, and knows how to handle them all. Shortly, they become very comfortable around him. One day, the class becomes excited because Mr. Terupt attaches the last link that reaches to the floor. This means they will get a “free day” because of their hard work and good behavior! The class decides to go outside to play in the snow on their free day. It's all fun and games until a prank turns into a freak accident. As Mr. Terupt lays in a coma, the classmates wait patiently because “...patience makes the world go round…,” as said by

They finally got up the stairs and they saw some people in their cells yanking at the bars and yelling at the kids. These were very bad people Jim said, “That was nothing compared to the other People but well get to them later.” So then they went to the break room and there was lots of food. There were a couple people and there were the two people they saw earlier in the day on the stairs. You could tell that the whole class was wondering where they took the

WILLIAM stood at the back of the cider mill and stared over the makeshift classroom. Mary and Reverend Flowers stood at the front of the classroom. Forty students ranging from 5-years-old up to 18-years-old sat at tables arranged by grade level. Mary taught a lesson on long division to a group of 7-year-olds while Reverend Flowers monitored the rest of the students as they worked independently at their desks. Reverend Flowers walked to an 11-year-old boy in the second row who was doodling in the margins of a notebook instead of focusing on his reading assignment. Reverend Flowers grabbed the boy by his ear and yanked him out of his seat.

After class was over and students are exiting the room, two students begin to argue and one pushes the other with enough force that the student falls into nearby desks. So, the teacher

As Cole Johnston's alarm went off at 6:30am he started his day off as usual and went down to the courtyard and started to Sketch the big old oak tree in the middle of the courtyard. As usual he sketched for a hour and a half,but something didn't feel right,he looked at his phone and saw it was 8:45. He was 50 minuets late to history,his teacher told that if he was even 3 seconds late for history,he would have detention for the rest of the week.

Jacob peered through his binoculars from his dad’s former office window and saw something that made his heart sink like a sea anchor. Mr. Ryan pulled up in his driveway with a black Cadillac that had a dent on the front left side of it. He got out of the car and checked the dent as if he was in some sort of panic. The garage door then opened and he drove the car in and shut the door behind him.

Junior misses a lot of school due to the craziness that is going on in his life. One day, when he finally showed up to school, the teacher started ridiculing him when Gordy interrupted, “He stood with his textbook and dropped it. Whomp! He looked so strong. He looked like a warrior.

Where his parents were not as observant, Jacob’s grandfather was responsible for shaping his childhood life. Jacob was an intelligent child that had a lot of imagination.

“Time for school Rosy.” said Riley as she went to Rosy’s room to wake her up. After Rosy got dressed, Riley drove her to school at East High School. As she takes a seat in Mrs. Rogers’ math class, the bell rings. Mrs. Rogers is about to close the door till Adam Matthews, the most popular guy and one of the best athletes in school, sprints in. Mrs. Rogers said “You are late once again Adam. You are failing my class, so I have no option, but to assign you a tutor to help with your studies starting

Just leaving the library at Fountain Lake High school, the shy new kid Sam is walking down the long busy hallway to his locker amidst the crowd of loud kids. As Sam is going to his locker he is worried that he will be noticed today because he wore brighter clothes than usual. Suddenly he is dragged from his thoughts when someone trips him, and he stumbles into another student before falling face first on the hard white tiled floor. His black-framed glasses fall off, and all of his books and papers scatter across the hallway floor. Sam looks around to find his glasses, but everything is blurry. Unexpectedly, a boy he has never seen before finds his glasses and hands them to Sam. As Sam puts his glasses back on he gets a clear look at

While at school in his transitional kindergarten class, Avery becomes increasingly frustrated with himself and suddenly begins to have what others would call a tantrum. Avery’s frustration gets the best of him, and he slaps himself. Other students suddenly stop what they are doing and they watch their classmate. Little do they know that he cannot express himself in the same way that they can; he cannot let go of his frustrations and other emotions as well as they can. They simply do not understand or have a knowledge of what is truly happening in their small classroom. Avery’s classmates laugh at him, and their laughter only makes his frustration worse. The teacher finally becomes aware of the situation and tells the other students to go to recess. Mrs. Green sits with Avery and tells him everything is fine and that their is no reason to be frustrated. Mrs. Green’s efforts to soothe the five year old are not as effective as she had hoped. Avery calms some, but is still shaking. Mrs. Green gives Avery something to drink and says to him, “I see that you were frustrated. I do not want you to feel upset, we are going to say five things that you did well today.” Avery looks at her with tears in his eyes. Mrs Green then said, “One, you put your bag in your cubby without making a mess. Two, you were quiet when we had carpet time. Three, you colored inside the lines. Four, you wrote your name perfectly. Five, you helped Jaycee pick up her crayons when she dropped

He has a few days left before the winter break, so he decides to hang out in Pencey for a week. He stops by one of his favorite teacher named Old Spencer. Old Spencer was his history teacher so he reads aloud his essay and asks him why he was kicked out from two other schools. So he makes excuses to leave. Also his parent does not know he was failing most of the class and has been kicked out from his school.

It was graduation day. Nick had his speech ready and was eager to present his story. His dad told him he would miss him as he went to college. He walked up with confidence and said his speech. The speech made the audience laugh and cry, which was a skill Nick had all of his life. The reception ended with him. The

Jonas looked over at Jacob, He seemed to be a very young boy. Probably Four Years Old. She gave Jacob a box that was wrapped in colorful wrapping paper, Jacob ripped the wrapping paper up and was happy after all the wrapping paper came off. Jacob got what seemed to be a toy car, Jacob looked at the elderly woman and said “ Thanks, Grandma!”

     The next morning, after chores and breakfast, Dave and his father went to the high school. Luster told Professor Herbert the same story Dave told him, and the Professor told him the story was accurate. His father couldn’t understand why they would go out looking for bugs and stuff when they should be inside learning from the books. Professor Herbert told him that there were certain courses of study that had to be complete for the state, but he still didn’t understand, so Professor Herbert requested that Luster stay all day at the high school. Luster and the professor stayed together the whole day and they observed the different classes. At the end of the school day, Dave and his father finished working for Dave’s dollar and then went home. Dave’s father told Dave that he got along good with professor Herbert, and he told Dave that he was very well off at the school, so he should continue to learn the things that he never had the chance to learn.