IRJ #11

IRJ #11

Finn Clark

3/12/13

The Wednesday Wars

Dear Abby,

My name is Holling Hoodhood and my problem is that my teacher and I have to be together every wednesday because on wednesdays my class breaks up because we go to different churches and since I am the only presbyterian I am left in the classroom with my teacher while everybody else heads off to their places. Last year there was 2 other presbyterian kids in my class so I wasn’t alone and now they both moved. I seriously think my teacher hates my guts though, she made me do extra work when I stay so I did it and the reason I have to behave is because my teacher’s family own Baker’s State Emporium and Hoodhood and Associates, my fathers company, wants to help them remodel the emporium while Kowalski and Associates are his rival company and also want to remodel the emporium and my friend Meryl Lee, her dad is the owner of Kowalski and Associates so it’s hard for us to be friends. My teacher is making me read Shakespeare in class now and her idea of boring me to death isn’t working. I like taking Shakespeare and forming to make curses of my own. Anyways is there anything you could help me with handling my teacher like any advice? If so that would be great.

Dear Holling Hoodhood,

You said something about you liking Shakespeare and I do have to say I enjoy his arts myself. My thoughts on what you should do is that maybe find something that you and your teacher have in common. Maybe that would be better and make it so that you two could become closer. To what you said about her hating your guts, she probably doesn’t, she just sees potential in you and wants to bring it out so she is making you do more work so just keep it up. The way you dad is making it so that you have to behave because he wants the emporium is in my opinion abuse of power. He should let you be yourself and I think that if Mrs. Baker wants to choose what company to remodel the emporium that whoevers child acts the best she will choose that person’s father’s company. I hope that I have been able to help you with your problems and feel free to write more letters if you need help with anything else. Thank you and write again.