The Class Project
Jimmy was having fun playing video games in his room, not worrying at all about his science project that was due in two days. Mrs. Peterson had assigned it last week. At first, he had intended to do the project, but a couple of days after it was assigned, Mrs. Peterson was absent, and they had a substitute teacher. So he decided to put it off until Mrs. Peterson came back. But she hadn’t come back all week! And now here he was with nothing to show for himself. Even so, he still wasn’t too worried about it – the substitute hadn’t mentioned the science project at all. So Jimmy played some more and went to bed. The next day, Jimmy walked into science class to find Mrs. Peterson sitting at her desk. He felt his heart sink. “I’m sorry I was away so long,” she said. “But I hope you all have been working on your science projects. I’m really looking forward to seeing them tomorrow.” When he got home from school, Jimmy got to work frantically, trying to...