A Science Curse Makes Things WORSE

12-13-07

    One Friday, right before we went home, my science teacher, Mr. Poindexter, says, “You know, life science is used for almost anything.” On Saturday, I had weird problems, science problems. Unfortunately, I got grounded for two weeks because I said something scientific to my dad today. I said, “I don’t need to take orders from such a small organism from the bottom of the food chain.” What he didn’t realize was that I was talking to my dog, Frosty, and I was even playing around. When I tried to tell him that, he grounded me for another week! My sister didn’t help, she just told him I should be punished longer. This STINKS!
    Then, three weeks later, I was hanging out with my BEST friends, Morgann, Alicia, and Sami. I tell them my problem and they try to help. We’re shooting out all kinds of ideas until Alicia comes up with a good one. “We’ll just get all the science out of you!” she exclaims. “What do you mean?” Morgann, Sami, and I ask nervously. “ I mean, we’ll just ask you a whole bunch of science questions until you stop having problems in your head,” she explains. “You’re a genius!” Sami exclaims. “Yeah, you are a genius!” Morgann agrees. “It’s worth a shot,” I say.
    So, a week later we’re still trying that, but we soon realized that was not going to work. “Maybe we could just see a doctor,” suggested Sami. “Then they’ll think we’re lunatics,” pointed out Morgann. “What am I going to do?” I moaned in irritation. “Maybe we can just wait for it to go away,” tries Morgann. “We’ll stay here until we find a way,” assured Alicia and Sami. “Yeah,” agreed Morgann. “Thanks,” I said and we went to bed.
    After the next twenty- four hours, we hung out, but I was still saying a whole bunch of scientific mumbo- jumbo. However, Morgann, Sami, Alicia, and I were beginning to get used to it. The following day, I told my dad and sister and they told my teacher. They all believed me so no one thought I was a lunatic. What a relief!
    A couple weeks after the secret got out, I had a big reading project. So I was working on that for a while. I somehow couldn’t stop writing scientific stuff. My science teacher was thrilled, though. Then about a week later, my reading teacher, Ms. Jones, said, “You use reading all the time. Everyday in fact.” Which put a reading curse on me, too. NOOOOOOOO!!!!! Now I know my brain is going to EXPLODE. Say goodbye to me!