Everyday in World Cultures we use the first 10 minutes of class to journal. We get a newspaper, paraphrase an article and then state our opinions on the subject. I strongly detest this kind of journaling. We are basically required to not be creative at all, so I developed a way that I can write my journals creatively, but still maintain the boring World Cultures journal status that my teacher requires. I read the article and paraphrase it like I am supposed to, but when it comes to the opinion paragraph, I make up something to portray. (Such as a democrat), And then I write the paragraph through the eyes of a democrat. I change this personality everyday, so if you were to read my journals, you would think I am either crazy or a major hypocrite. It is so fun to do this! You should see the look on Mr. Krecklow's face when he does my journal checks. It is absolutely hilarious. That poor guy probably thinks I am crazy (maybe I am), but this is the only creative way to do these stupid journals.
Krecklow is one of those strange teachers that you have to wonder about. He hated me until one day in class when I mentioned something about my brother and he said, "Wait, Rudy is your brother????". I replied, "Usually I don''t lay claim to him, but yes he is my little (not so little) brother." His entire face lit up and he said, "He is an amazing football player! He is on the team that I coach. I can't believe I didn't make the connection. There are so many Stofers' in this town." (The funny part is that we are the ONLY Stofers' in this town...) Ever since this day, I have never had to worry about my grade in that class, as pathetic as it is. I have IT1 6th period, and World Cultures 7th period. On Thursday, I had to bring cookies to my IT class, and I had one cookie left over at the end of the period. I walked into Krecklow's classroom at the beginning of 7th period and said, "Kreck! I have an extra cookie, would you like it?" He immediately told me yes, and I handed him a cookie. Soon after, almost all of the kids in my class were complaining that they didn't get a cookie, so I simply stated, "We have a World Cultures Semester final test coming up, otherwise I wouldn't have given it to him." Kreck heard this and immediately said, "Annastazia, you did the right thing, I will definitely take this into consideration when I grade your final. Oh, and I will accept bribery from anyone up until Friday." This made my whole class laugh. No one knows if he was being serious or not, but it was still funny. I guess we'll find out when I get my final test back!
I have to admit, as much as I detest teachers like this, I enjoy going to his class everyday just to correct his grammar/spelling/pronunciation.
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