It was basically a routine- Walk down the stairs, turn a right, see 9th graders Jill and Macy talking behind their folders as they scurried past, always sharing some kind of secret. But not today. Today, when I walked down the stairs and took a right, Jill and Macy were leaning against lockers, both of their eyes narrowed, as if all the students in the hallway were suspects of a murder, and they were the detectives. I felt kind of uncomfortable as I walked to my classroom. I was so used to them in front of me when they were walking, with Jill’s bright clothing and Macy’s dull apparel. It just felt unnatural, like a tag poking me in the back when I try on a new shirt at the clothing store. I don’t like change. Change is annoying, and a pain in the butt. Why go new if you’ve already worked so hard to set things up before? Take seating charts, for example. I don’t really understand them. If you’ve already been working at those tables for a whole month, why switch? …show more content…
Okay, maybe some- Well, everyone likes new seats.
But they have their reasons, and I have mine. So I walked into my Chinese class, only to find out, that, hey, guess what? Since stupid Dan and Rex were throwing paper airplanes again, we had to switch seats. Like, if those two were misbehaving, switch them, not us! Again, though, Lao Shi has her reasons. I’m very considerate of people’s opinions, if you haven’t
noticed. I placed my stuff on the table and sighed. Another month of getting used to Hayley Yun across from me. Especially since Hayley almost always has gum, and she doesn’t know what “Close your mouth, there is spit flying everywhere” means. Sure enough, Hayley opened up a new bubblegum flavored Trident pack and picked one out with her pinky expertly, as if she had experience with taking out pieces of bubblegum her whole life. Which she probably has. She must have caught me staring at her because she offered me a piece. “Want one?” Hayley began chewing obnoxiously in between her words, and I almost wailed. “I know you have braces, but so do I, and I always eat gum.” I recoiled as droplets of spit landed on the handout Lao Shi had passed around in the beginning of class. “Uh, no thank you, Hayley.” I discreetly pushed my chair to the side, a little bit away from the waterfall pouring from her mouth. t Hayley snorted. “Suit yourself, Lin.’ “It’s Lindsay.” “Does it matter?” She raised her eyebrows. “Lin, Lindsay, they’re all the same.” “There’s a difference, Hayley.” “Sure there is,” She rolled her eyes. “Like there’s a difference between pencil lead and granite.” I snickered. “There is a difference, Hayley. Granite is-” “Lindsay, please don’t talk while I’m teaching.” Lao Shi’s voice interrupted my explanation, and I could feel my cheeks burning as everyone’s attention shifted towards me. “Sorry,” I mumbled, and Hayley grinned like a cheshire cat. This was the first time I had ever gotten yelled at in Chinese. And it was all because of Hayley Yun. I’m not going to get used to this. The whole day was terrible. First, Jill and Macy weren’t in front of me like usual. Second, I was seated across from Hayley Yun in Chinese and got in trouble. Then in Social Studies, Mrs. Day got angry at Fiona for talking constantly over her and sat her near my table during worktime- In which she started blabbing to me, and then somehow Fiona and I were both getting scolded by Mrs. Day.
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The idea of change, regardless of the context of the situation, terrifies. People find security in the routine, comfort in the normal, and safety in the ordinary. Change, however, rocks the boat. Those things that were once agreed upon unanimously, come under scrutiny. Picture in your mind a situation in which you’re given the opportunity to shift the bottom block in a tower.
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“There was once a high school student named Dài Suí Tóng. One day, a teacher in charge of discipline used the intercom to broadcast this message: ‘Secondary High students, Dài Suí Tóng to the office of discipline.’ Ten minutes later, many students appeared outside the office of discipline with water buckets. One of them asked, ‘Do we have to fill up the bucket with water?’” (Su). The cause of such con...
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