subtletylost
Formerly fishii
Okay it's been four days since I posted that last piece. My main concern with this part is description and dialogue. I don't think I have enough description and I am not sure if the dialogue is real. (Any grammar mistakes you see feel free to point those out to. I know there is a sentence somewhere in this that was just a complete nanoism. It will be removed later.)
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We walk over to Ms. Swett's room and I lean into her room. She is sitting at her desk. Her computer sits in front of her, not the crappy school computer like the rest of the teachers use, but her personal laptop. She stares intently at the screen. I wonder what could be on it, that is so engrossing.
"Hey Ms. Swett," I say and she jumps like she's been shot. "Sorry, did I scare you?"
She looks up at me and says, "No. I just wasn't expecting you. I was just reading something. Did you want something?"
I walk into the room and they follow. "Morning Ms. Swett," Anna says.
"Morning, oh and who is this with you?"
"This is Diana Rachels, she is a new student. I believe she is interested in taking your Latin class. I'm not sure which one though."
Diana looks at me then to Ms. Swett and then around the room, "I had Latin classes when I was in Italy, but I don't know if the credits transferred or not. I hope they did. Latin was one of my favorite classes. I love the language and everything about it."
"You come from Italy? Do you speak Italian? Stupid question, better question did you live near Rome?"
"Not just near Rome. In Rome, near the Pantheon. As a child I always loved going to the Pantheon and playing hide and seek with my brother. Yes I speak Italian, it would be pretty bad if I couldn't. Wanna hear a story?"
"Sure. In Italian?"
"Yes, here goes. C'era una volta un cane di nome Sam. Sam viveva con un vecchio faro di Alessandria. Un giorno la luce rotto, così Sam sorgeva sulla scogliera di fronte al faro e abbaiava per avvertire le navi che dovevano chiudere. Sam salvato diverse navi da crash quella notte. Ecco perché Sam è un eroe."
"Nice umm what does it mean?" I ask.
"There once was a dog named Sam. Sam lived with an old man in the lighthouse at Alexandria. One day the light broke, so Sam stood on the cliff in front of the lighthouse and barked to warn ships that they were too close. Sam saved several ships from crashing that night. That is why Sam is a hero. It's something we were told in our first year of school. Our teacher had a painting of a dog in front of a lighthouse and when someone asked about it that was the story she told about it."
I smile. Dogs are such awesome creatures. I point to the door, "Sorry Ms. Swett but we have to go. She needs to see the whole school before classes start."
"Okay, it was nice to meet you I hope you are in one of my classes." Ms. Swett looked back at her computer. "Oh before you go have you heard about the missing children in Thomasville?"
"Yes, my dad is going to go help investigate. Following advice from Sarah, he has a sneaking suspicion that they might not want to find them kids," I say.
"I hope your cousin is wrong this time." Ms. Swett waves goodbye and we leave her room.
I point out the classes on the 800's hall. Diana admires the art and I show her the two art rooms, then the computer labs. Along the way I point out the Spanish class room and two more computer labs. We turn on to the hallway in front of the library. "How much do you like books?"
"I love books."
"Then this will be the most important room in the school for you. The library. Come I'll show you." We go inside and the librarians greet us. "How much longer before class?"
Ms. Clarent looks at her computer, "half an hour."
"Okay then. Diana this is Ms. Clarent and Mrs. Washburn they'll be your all most all access pass to everything the library has to offer. Ms. Clarent, Ms. Washburn this is Diana. She is a new student she came over here from Italy. She says that she loves books."
"Well I hope you find our selection quite enjoyable. Hope to seee you in here quite a bit, you'll love it here," Ms. Clarent says.
"Okay. I think I will," Diana says and then follows me as I show her the different places in the library.
"Out through these two doors is the courtyard," I say. "that's where the creative expressions club meets. They are a club for uniting the arts. They have artists, musicians, writers, actors, and even graphic designers. The book club meets in here in the library, whenever. There are two class rooms in the library. One is Ms. Sato's room, she teaches the Japanese classes and the other is Mr. Carson's room. I have no clue what he does. I've never thought to ask. Come on now. We have to go see the rest of the school." I lead them back out of the library.
"What is your first period class?" Joe asks.
"Biology."
"Who is your teacher?"
"Ms. Swain."
"No wonder that Mr. Klark wanted us to show you around you're in our first period class. Okay then we'll show you the science hall last. Come on. Down stairs." We head down the stairs pushing our way through the throngs of people. "Okay. This is the lobby," I tell her. "That's the main office." I point to it. "Over there is the gym. If you go down the hall beside it you can get to the health room and the locker rooms." This scene needs a heck of a lot more description. "The room right beside the stairs if you come down from upstairs it will be on the left is room 102 the center of all things yearbook and newspaper. Over to the right if you're coming down from up is the cafeteria and if you follow that hall you'll get to most of the career and technical education classes oh and band. Now we go back up stairs."
"What about the nurse's office. Mr. Klark told you to go see the nurse," Diana says.
"He said that I didn't have to go. Plus I feel fine. I repeat back upstairs we go." We push our way back through the throng of people and head back up the stairs. At the top of the stairs we turn left and head to the corner of the library hall and the 600's hall. I stop and point down a small hallway to the right. "We are not allowed down there at all. No student knows what is down there since it has been off limits since before most of the teachers were born. No even the stupidest trouble maker will go down that hall. Rumor has it that one time this kid, no one can say if he was brave or stupid, went down that hall and he was never heard from again. But anyway, moving on. This room to the left is the apex class room, it's where you go if you are taking an online class. That room beside it is Mr. Lanter's room. He teaches all the chemistry classes. We shall walk. On the left are the two I guess you could call them home-ec class rooms. Classes like foods, apparel and teen living are held in those rooms. On the right are the science rooms. Mr. Welsh, one of the biology & Earth Science teachers, is in that first room. Ms. Darcy, an Earth Science teacher, is in that second room. Lockers, lots of lockers. Then this is Ms. Frenches' room. She is a math teachers. I've been talking too long the last room on this hall is Ms. Swain's room. Those double doors and the ones on the other end of the 700's hall lead to the buses."
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We walk over to Ms. Swett's room and I lean into her room. She is sitting at her desk. Her computer sits in front of her, not the crappy school computer like the rest of the teachers use, but her personal laptop. She stares intently at the screen. I wonder what could be on it, that is so engrossing.
"Hey Ms. Swett," I say and she jumps like she's been shot. "Sorry, did I scare you?"
She looks up at me and says, "No. I just wasn't expecting you. I was just reading something. Did you want something?"
I walk into the room and they follow. "Morning Ms. Swett," Anna says.
"Morning, oh and who is this with you?"
"This is Diana Rachels, she is a new student. I believe she is interested in taking your Latin class. I'm not sure which one though."
Diana looks at me then to Ms. Swett and then around the room, "I had Latin classes when I was in Italy, but I don't know if the credits transferred or not. I hope they did. Latin was one of my favorite classes. I love the language and everything about it."
"You come from Italy? Do you speak Italian? Stupid question, better question did you live near Rome?"
"Not just near Rome. In Rome, near the Pantheon. As a child I always loved going to the Pantheon and playing hide and seek with my brother. Yes I speak Italian, it would be pretty bad if I couldn't. Wanna hear a story?"
"Sure. In Italian?"
"Yes, here goes. C'era una volta un cane di nome Sam. Sam viveva con un vecchio faro di Alessandria. Un giorno la luce rotto, così Sam sorgeva sulla scogliera di fronte al faro e abbaiava per avvertire le navi che dovevano chiudere. Sam salvato diverse navi da crash quella notte. Ecco perché Sam è un eroe."
"Nice umm what does it mean?" I ask.
"There once was a dog named Sam. Sam lived with an old man in the lighthouse at Alexandria. One day the light broke, so Sam stood on the cliff in front of the lighthouse and barked to warn ships that they were too close. Sam saved several ships from crashing that night. That is why Sam is a hero. It's something we were told in our first year of school. Our teacher had a painting of a dog in front of a lighthouse and when someone asked about it that was the story she told about it."
I smile. Dogs are such awesome creatures. I point to the door, "Sorry Ms. Swett but we have to go. She needs to see the whole school before classes start."
"Okay, it was nice to meet you I hope you are in one of my classes." Ms. Swett looked back at her computer. "Oh before you go have you heard about the missing children in Thomasville?"
"Yes, my dad is going to go help investigate. Following advice from Sarah, he has a sneaking suspicion that they might not want to find them kids," I say.
"I hope your cousin is wrong this time." Ms. Swett waves goodbye and we leave her room.
I point out the classes on the 800's hall. Diana admires the art and I show her the two art rooms, then the computer labs. Along the way I point out the Spanish class room and two more computer labs. We turn on to the hallway in front of the library. "How much do you like books?"
"I love books."
"Then this will be the most important room in the school for you. The library. Come I'll show you." We go inside and the librarians greet us. "How much longer before class?"
Ms. Clarent looks at her computer, "half an hour."
"Okay then. Diana this is Ms. Clarent and Mrs. Washburn they'll be your all most all access pass to everything the library has to offer. Ms. Clarent, Ms. Washburn this is Diana. She is a new student she came over here from Italy. She says that she loves books."
"Well I hope you find our selection quite enjoyable. Hope to seee you in here quite a bit, you'll love it here," Ms. Clarent says.
"Okay. I think I will," Diana says and then follows me as I show her the different places in the library.
"Out through these two doors is the courtyard," I say. "that's where the creative expressions club meets. They are a club for uniting the arts. They have artists, musicians, writers, actors, and even graphic designers. The book club meets in here in the library, whenever. There are two class rooms in the library. One is Ms. Sato's room, she teaches the Japanese classes and the other is Mr. Carson's room. I have no clue what he does. I've never thought to ask. Come on now. We have to go see the rest of the school." I lead them back out of the library.
"What is your first period class?" Joe asks.
"Biology."
"Who is your teacher?"
"Ms. Swain."
"No wonder that Mr. Klark wanted us to show you around you're in our first period class. Okay then we'll show you the science hall last. Come on. Down stairs." We head down the stairs pushing our way through the throngs of people. "Okay. This is the lobby," I tell her. "That's the main office." I point to it. "Over there is the gym. If you go down the hall beside it you can get to the health room and the locker rooms." This scene needs a heck of a lot more description. "The room right beside the stairs if you come down from upstairs it will be on the left is room 102 the center of all things yearbook and newspaper. Over to the right if you're coming down from up is the cafeteria and if you follow that hall you'll get to most of the career and technical education classes oh and band. Now we go back up stairs."
"What about the nurse's office. Mr. Klark told you to go see the nurse," Diana says.
"He said that I didn't have to go. Plus I feel fine. I repeat back upstairs we go." We push our way back through the throng of people and head back up the stairs. At the top of the stairs we turn left and head to the corner of the library hall and the 600's hall. I stop and point down a small hallway to the right. "We are not allowed down there at all. No student knows what is down there since it has been off limits since before most of the teachers were born. No even the stupidest trouble maker will go down that hall. Rumor has it that one time this kid, no one can say if he was brave or stupid, went down that hall and he was never heard from again. But anyway, moving on. This room to the left is the apex class room, it's where you go if you are taking an online class. That room beside it is Mr. Lanter's room. He teaches all the chemistry classes. We shall walk. On the left are the two I guess you could call them home-ec class rooms. Classes like foods, apparel and teen living are held in those rooms. On the right are the science rooms. Mr. Welsh, one of the biology & Earth Science teachers, is in that first room. Ms. Darcy, an Earth Science teacher, is in that second room. Lockers, lots of lockers. Then this is Ms. Frenches' room. She is a math teachers. I've been talking too long the last room on this hall is Ms. Swain's room. Those double doors and the ones on the other end of the 700's hall lead to the buses."
