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Anticipation Painful

pring break! Those words conjured up edition, Joe knew he was beyond help. He
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many thoughts, being the theme of was worried, and with good cause . Hair
numerous movies and some pretty was sprouting under his thumbnails.
wild stories. Whether it was the party- March 26
hearty crowd of Florida or the snow-bunny Joe's home life was going downhill
club in Colorado, the anticipation of those fast. He just couldn't handle the wait any
seven valuable days without school was longer. He began clawing at his face,
high . drooling, and worst of all, wetting his bed.
There was only one problem, though March 27
it may have seemed hard to find with this Joe was holding on by his teeth -
vacation having the potential of being the literally. He had to be taken to the
wildest week of the year. How were emergency room to have them removed
students going to get through those 60 .5 from his thigh, and even then he still felt
school days between winter break and funny. What was happening?
spring vacation? March 28
For example, there was Joe Student. Half day! Surely he would be able to
He was an average kind of guy and for the handle school for four hours, right? Wrong.
most part mentally stable. But Joe began Midway through his last class, he began to
a process known as devolution <the feel a prickling sensation . He dashed to the
opposite of evolution) as the days before bathroom mirror, just in time to see all his
spring break slowly crawled by. hair fall out. Before his horrified eyes, he
March 24 then saw his skin turn a remarkable shade
Joe had hung on this long without of aquamarine and his teeth began to jut
many problems. But three and a half days forward. He screamed, but just then the
and parent-teacher conferences stood bell rang . The nightmare was over!
between the Tampa, Florida airport and
him . His parents complicated matters by Joe Student was lucky - he survived
showing him travel brochures and shopping the spring break crisis . The next student
for beach towels and suntan lotion. might not be so fortunate. Still, it was
March 25 doubtful that students would have wanted
It was getting worse now. All of Joe 's to do away with spring vacation and saved
classmates were discussing their plans for themselves the agony. It was a tough life,
vacation. When one of his so-called friends but somebody had to live it!
whipped out Sports Illustrated's swimsuit

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Sophomore Sara Mau tries unsuccessfully to fit all her
" essentials " into her bag . Spring Break 23