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16 July 2002 11:31I wonder if the story I submitted to AC made it into the ConBook.
16 July 2002
Examination Results.
16 July 2002 13:27Database Management System...............Pass
The Information Superhighway...................Pass
Introduction to Info Technol'y.......................Pass
I passed.
The Information Superhighway...................Pass
Introduction to Info Technol'y.......................Pass
I passed.
Story Time
16 July 2002 19:19While writing the second half of this story I realised some of you might not know who the main characters are, or the next lot of characters.
So here's another of their stories.
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So here's another of their stories.
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My writing
16 July 2002 19:34I think I do the little scene cuts in my stories to avoid adding the connecting material. It's not that I can't write the scene joins, it's that I feel the extra words in the story wouldn't add to it and I'm lazy.
...wasn't doing so hot at school, and was doing really badly at Maths, so the parents enrolled him at a nearby Christian school where the teacher:student ratio was higher. They figured he'd do better with more intesive turtoring.
The first day after school, the kid raced upstairs to his room and did his maths homework. Next day, the same thing. And so it continued for the rest of the year.
Finally he sat for his exams and passed with flying colours, achieving an A+.
The parents were overjoyed. "Was it the better teachers that helped you?" they asked.
"No."
"Was it the Christian environment?"
The kid thought for a minute. "No."
The parents were puzzled. "So what inspired you to do your maths?"
"When I walked into school on the first day," said the kid, "And saw that guy nailed to the 'plus' sign, I knew they were pretty fucking serious about maths."
The first day after school, the kid raced upstairs to his room and did his maths homework. Next day, the same thing. And so it continued for the rest of the year.
Finally he sat for his exams and passed with flying colours, achieving an A+.
The parents were overjoyed. "Was it the better teachers that helped you?" they asked.
"No."
"Was it the Christian environment?"
The kid thought for a minute. "No."
The parents were puzzled. "So what inspired you to do your maths?"
"When I walked into school on the first day," said the kid, "And saw that guy nailed to the 'plus' sign, I knew they were pretty fucking serious about maths."