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Hello Madame!
Hello Will!
I'm here for the exam!
Ah, but, where are the other students?
I don't know, Madame.
Do you want to play cards?
Sure.
What game?
Go Fish
15 Minutes Later - The Beginning of the AP Exam
25 Minutes Later
So, you are all late.
I am not happy at all.
And you, where were you?
I was at the Berlin Wall.
What?
I was at the Berlin Wall.
And I had to break through it.
And after that I tried to steal the AP tests
to sell to Russia.
And you, ***. Where were you?
I am well justified. I can say nothing but the truth,
but I was late because my family is too big!
I woke up early in the morning.
I said my prayers and did my chores.
When I had finished with the cows and the sheep
and the horses and the cats and the dogs and the chickens,
I made breakfast.
My little sisters and brothers ate.
We prayed and I read a Bible story.
But I couldn't leave right away.
My father's clothes needed to be mended.
And while I was doing that, I sewed a dress
for myself to be properly dressed today.
I surveyed my work and finally began to
leave for the exam.
The horse was a little upset because
I was driving on a road with lots of cars,
but I knew that he would be fine.
Sure...
And you, Fatima?
Yes, it's my mother's fault.
And Allah's.
The day I was born
she called a travel agent
and made plans for my very first Hajj
before wrapping me in my baby burka.
We already had tickets to go on this journey.
So on Sunday, we took a boat my father built
from the trees near our house
and we began our journey to Mecca.
We were already at the tip of Spain
when a hurricane approached.
My parents dropped me off at the airport
with money for a ticket.
I bought a ticket
and went through customs and security.
But when I began to pray on the ground
of the departure gate,
someone was a little upset.
I don't know why I was thrown out of the airport.
But then some sort of miracle happened.
A truck with cuscus and falafels
was on its way to France to our town.
The man let me in when he saw my burka
and we drove here.
And you, Sangeeta?
To tell the truth, it's a very good story.
Very good.
This morning I was getting ready for school like always.
But then my mother came into my room
and told me that I had to get married.
She told me that now I'm seventeen and I have to be come a woman.
So, she introduced me to a boy who I had never met.
He proposed to me
and obviously my parents talked to his parents
and they decided that he was riche enough for me.
Then, after I had met the boy,
we were very busy getting ready for the wedding.
But when we were alone,
the boy took off his tie and let down his hair.
It turned out that he was really a girl!
We started making curry for the wedding
and we lost track of time.
When I looked at my watch, I realized that
that it was time for my AP test.
So, I ran as fast as I could here.
And you, miss.
They wouldn't let me leave camp.
Yes, and so...?
I tried to ask the Nazi if I could leave to take the exam.
Sir, sir! Come here!
Sir, I have to go to my school to take the AP exam.
No! You are vermin and vermin do not take exams.
So, after lunch, I decided to flee.
I found a door where there were no Nazis and I went.
I ran and I ran while the Nazis chased me.
But I ran faster
and afterwards I jumped a fence.
I was free to take the exam.
You're sleeping, there! Wake up a little! You're sleeping.
Stop moving so fast.
You are very late, as well.
What were you doing?
I was hungry
so I looked for some quesadillas.
I was going to the exam
when all of a sudden I got hungry.
I looked around me and there they were:
two delicious quesadillas were waiting for me.
Then, I had to give my cousins a ride to work.
Cousin Pepe, Louis, Carlos
Manuel, Maria, Victoria
Luz, Guadalupe, Raquel
Lauana, Ignacio and Pedro.
After that, I decided to work a little myself.
But what is work without a nap?
I woke up and ran as fast as I could for the AP exam.
The AP Exam Room
Seriously, diversity is very important.
It gives us different perspective
and comprehension of other cultures
and it encourages tolerances of other people as well.
There is no excuse
for someone who does not know
the differences between the people of the world
or who is late for the AP French exam.
It's not true!
Will! But it's not possible!
What are you doing there?
Are you cheating?
But no. No.
Zero. I'll give you a zero
and it's over for you in French. It's a zero.
But Madame, it's nothing!
In the end, Will, no excuses!
I've had enough.
No excuses!
Go fish.
Oh darn.
***.