Menace by Laramie Briscoe EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Author: Laramie Briscoe
- Language: English
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KARINA
“I LOVE YOUR MAKEUP TODAY, Ms. H!” Jess, one of the senior
cheerleaders compliments me as she runs into class, right before the bell
rings, indicating hallways are supposed to be clear.
Little does this girl know my makeup looks different because I’m trying
to hide the damage Mason did to my neck on Friday night. Three days later,
and nothing is fading. If anything, I had to mix different colors of concealer
as it’s gotten darker. But that’s not something you can talk about in a high
school classroom. Instead, I grin. “Thank you, Jess! I’m always looking to try
new stuff, you know? Trying to keep up with you gorgeous ladies.”
“Whatever, you don’t even need it.”
I wish I had the blind confidence of this girl. Granted, I have it now, but it
took me a long while to get it after my engagement fell apart, but I’ve never
had as much as she does. “How’s everybody doing today?” I lean against my
desk. One more class to go after this one, and then we’re out of here. These
kids, though, they’re sometimes the hardest ones to control.
“It’s Monday, and I’ve got a case of them.” One of the football players in
the front row sighs heavily, putting his chin on his hand. “Worked all
weekend, and now here I am.”
Sometimes I feel bad for these kids, and then I remember we’re raising
our future leaders, they’re learning values, and this is an economics class. It’s
good for him to talk about work.
“I get you, I worked all through college. And having said that, you’ve
brought up a good point, Johnathan.” I turn around to the whiteboard in the
room, and show them what I’ve been working on. “Because I worked through
college and was able to pay for some of my classes, as well as room and
board, this total–,” I point to a number figure I’d circled during the first class
of the day, “–is what I paid back for my college education.”
If there’s one thing I believe in, it’s transparency. These kids have got to
know where their money is going. “That was the principal, add on interest,
and this one is the total I paid.” I point to another figure. “However, if I
hadn’t paid down almost fifteen hundred dollars a semester–,” I point to
another one, “–this is how much I would have paid. Do you get what I’m
saying?”
The numbers are vastly different, and this group of kids ready to take on
the world is understanding these principles; I can see it clicking in their faces.
“You sayin’ I need to forget college and go on down to the gulf to work
on an oil rig?” a guy in the back blurts out.
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