—Italian Proverb C I arrived at school pretty early Monday morning. I went straight to the Math lab and decided that I would try and complete some of my homework before our weekly meeting for the school paper. I had had such a difficult time getting anything done all weekend that I thought that if I came an hour or so earlier than usual, I could get it done before Natalie Simmons passed out our assignments for next week’s edition of the paper. Our meetings were typically very short, and most of the reporters had quite a bit of autonomy. Unless of course there was a particular story that piqued Natalie’s interest. Then the person who was assigned to it would usually have one heck of a time. After our assignments were given, we would usually have a few days to complete them before she would get them out to press for the following week. Some took longer than others to write, so starting fresh at the beginning of the week was always helpful. If I hadn’t been so behind in my homework for the week, I would have gladly welcomed a new story, but this weekend had been filled with so many distractions that my work had been piling up.
