Who Was Madeline's The Troublemaker?

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The Troublemaker “Who threw that pencil?” Mr. Dakota, the overly-loud social studies teacher asked his class once again. “It was Madeline, again, sir.” Lilly Shakes, one of Madeline’s classmates, huffed. “She’s always doing stuff behind your back!” “Hey, there’s no evidence that I was the one that threw the pencil.” Madeline Rock interjected with a look of complete innocence on her face. “Without any other eyewitnesses, Lilly could just be framing me again. You know how she is.” Mr. Dakota huffed before turning back to the Jeopardy board. It wasn’t the first time that Madeline gave her famous ‘I wonder what would happen if I did this,’ and disrupted social studies. Sadly, there was never any proof.
For teachers, there might not have been …show more content…

She’d bat her clear blue, innocent eyes and profess how she did nothing wrong. When she first entered Greenwood Middle School, Madeline would make herself small in the seat in front of the teacher’s desk every time she got caught. However, once teachers caught on that she was not as virtuous as she seemed to be, Madeline would jabber to get the educator off-topic. That way, by the time the educator remembered why Madeline was in trouble, the messy-haired brunette would be on to her next class. She would joke around with her more lenient teachers or recite classic novels to her literature teacher to make sure a detention was not brought up. Either way, all the faculty members at Greenwood Middle School found it impossible to detain her. Controlling Madeline was like controlling a wild tornado, where it was almost better to let the destruction happen instead of hurting themselves trying to stop …show more content…

Most of these kids were considered ‘teachers’ pets’ and ‘know-it-alls.’ They would sit in class and yell at Madeline whenever she put one toe, or airplane, out of line. Regardless of this, Madeline would keep goofing off and annoying everyone who yelled at her. She would give her renowned lopsided grin and keep going on with her life. Once, a massive prank war started between the kids against ‘Them’ and ‘Them.’ People would find gum in their lockers and water balloons thrown at their heads. Occasionally, Madeline will be seen by Mr. Dakota giving her well-known, cheeky grin.
“Wipe that look off your face, Ms. Rock!” Mr. Dakota said. Madeline smiled a fake smile before turning back to her best friend, Daphne, to deliver a comeback.
“I am horribly sorry, Mr. Dakota. It will never happen again. Anyway, as I was saying, Daphne, Jeopardy is no fun with the boring teachers. Why don’t the fun ones do jeopardy?”
“Excuse me, Ms. Rock,” Mr. Dakota said, quickly growing red in the face, “but I am trying to teach your classmates through a fun game of Jeopardy. If you don’t approve, then you can go down to Principal Kirk’s office.” He finished with a sarcastic winner’s

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