14 MAN-TO-MAN Grown-ups call Wednesday “Hump Day” because it’s in the middle of the Monday to Friday work week. You have to get over it—the invisible “hump”—to be able to coast down the other side of the hill toward Friday and, best of all, the weekend. I think it’s the same for kids, because Wednesday mornings are always a pain. 1. It’s hard to get up on time. 2. It’s hard to pry your little sister out of the bathroom so you can at least brush your teeth. 3. It’s hard to find a shirt you want to wear that’s clean, or nearly clean. 4. It’s hard to get all your school stuff together so you don’t forget anything and get in trouble in front of the whole class. But today, Wednesday, I wanted to get to school early enough to talk to the principal, so I pulled it together. And here I am, one of many kids swarming up Oak Glen Primary School’s wide front steps. And there he is, planted right in the center of the middle step where he “sees all,” as he sometimes tells us at assemblies.
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