Hugh John Macdonald School - Searchlight Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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SCIENCE EXAMINATION DAY 21 By Phyllis Johnson 9-13 Christmas Science examination day was one day when I wanted to sleep in. On that day I awoke gaily. The sun was streaming in the window. Though I remembered the Science Exam, I promptly went back to sleep. However, my mother, (how could she be so cruel), ruthlessly shook me and dragged me out of bed. The first thing that greeted my eyes was my open science book where I had left it when I had been unable to hold my eyes open any longer. I shut my eyes. Get dressed, commanded my mother. You have an Exam this morning . Don ' t remind me , I pleaded tragically, Let me forget for one hour . However, my mother, (heartless woman) merely laughed. Have you ever tried to eat breakfast and study at the same time? Well don ' t. The result is one slightly messy notebook. At 8.40a.m. I left and met ny girl friends. We greeted each other with somewhat sickly smiles and proceeded to further muddle what little knowledge we had, by questioning each other from the textbook. After risking our lives, by studying while crossing the streets, we arrived at the school. There we saw herds of sleepy students wandering aimlessly about the halls, their noses in their textbooks. A bell rang. Five to nine! Five more minutes] We hurried to the classroom. At nine o ' clock a smiling teacher entered, a stack of papers on her arm. Good morning class she said, Good morning Miss Blank She began distributing the papers. I felt the bottom drop out of my stomach. After explaining t he directions, she sat down and left us to our misery. The first page was full in the blanks and the next, true or false . I found this easy, and quite elated over my success. I turned to the next page. My heart sank. Essay-type questions. I plowed, (and I do mean plowed),through this to the last question-. Draw and label the parts of the mushroom I cringed, for my artistic efforts had always netted me failures. Then I bravely took my pencil and began to draw, thinking all the time of what a wonderful design this mushroom was for Lilly Dache ' Suddenly I saw it. The joyous words, End of Examination leaped gleefully out of the paper at me. I proceeded to check, re-check, stare out of the window and add extra curls to my letter till my teacher said You may hand in your papers . I flew up to the desk, handed in ny papers, grabbed my coat and ran to meet my friends hwereupon I exclaimed, I thought it was easy .