I was back in the English class. They were reading along with a tape of Animal Farm by George Orwell. Then they had to write a paragraph summarizing the chapter. All in all, the day went pretty smoothly.
I walked the classroom to make sure that they were doing their paragraphs and to answer any questions. I noticed that one boy had not done any writing. We got into a discussion about the chapter. Then I got distracted by another question and I walked away. I don't think the boy ever did write his paragraph.
The only reason I mention him is that I noticed something on his desk. He and a neighboring girl had been exchanging notes. I assume that they were doing this while the story was playing (at least they weren't talking).
I managed to acquire the note. I thought I'd share (the grammar, punctuation, and spelling are theirs):
Girl: hey we should go to disneyland this week
Boy: |0| okay maybe Wednesday? (^-^) But we have to talk to [name redacted] (-.-) I don't have my cell phone so I cant text her! (-.-)
Girl: okay ill text her today when i get home and ill ask her.
Boy: alright then...But what day? ey? Buay? |0|
What day are we going to drink?
Girl: Well we should go wednesday b/c we don't come to school and we should drink on friday didn't your mom invited us over for her b-day this Saturday
Boy: AAAA (-.-) NOOO!
you really want to be w/my Moja?
I think what I find the strangest is the writing out of the emoticons. I think I translated them correctly.
Now I know why the boy didn't write anything. He wasn't listening. He was planning his week.
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