Wombats & Holiday Break

   After many arguments from the ecology club, the school has decided to change their mascot. Instead of being the Tigers, they are now the Wombats, which is a pretty weird name to me. They decided to change the mascot because they felt using a Tiger shows "shocking disrespect" since they're an endangered species. When the pointless assembly ends, Melinda heads to her History class with Mr.Neck. He starts the class by opening up a free debate that America should have closed her borders in 1900. The reason why he starts this debate is because he's angered that his son cannot get a job when his family has paid taxes and served for their country. One brave kid decides to speak up say that maybe the reason why his son can't get job is because he doesn't worked hard enough. This makes Mr.Neck fire back a quick response which shuts up the kid. But then, a kid by the name of David Petrakis stands up. He is know to be a very smart and quiet kid who never gets in trouble. As he stands up, he fights back to the teacher saying that since he opened up the free debate, every kid has the right to say what they feel. And that can't just close up the debate because it isn't going his way. This gets Mr.Neck so heated that he threatens to send him to the principals, but instead, David walks out of class with his books. Melinda is stunned as much as the rest of the class. The rest of the day is a blur and before she knows it, it's thanksgiving. The holiday flies by quickly and before you know it. the book is already into Christmas day. For christmas, Melinda gets a TV, ice skates, and a sketch pad. Her parents explained how they noticed she had been drawing lately. This scares her because if her parents have been watching her closely, it means they might know that she snuck out to the party during summer.