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Quitting School MAG

By Anonymous

Jen slouches as she’s sitting in the main office
Waiting as her mom signs papers to quit school
Handing over her textbooks to the principal
Looks at her mother as tears go down her face
Wishing that her daughter would have got all A’s
Trusted her that she would never be late to school
Hoping that one day she had a good career …
Now her name deleted in the school computer
All her classes have one chair empty
The hallways missing a student going to every class
Walking to her locker
She opens it and it’s empty
No books, papers or pictures
Jen’s quitting school



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Kai17 GOLD said...
on Feb. 26 2011 at 10:15 am
Kai17 GOLD, Spokane, Washington
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Favorite Quote:
*beepbeep*
"Where to, Miss?"
"To the stars."

This is awesome; life doesn't always have a happy ending. Great job!

summerqdp GOLD said...
on Oct. 28 2010 at 6:25 pm
summerqdp GOLD, Dana Point, California
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Favorite Quote:
"A friend in need is a friend indeed, a friend with weed is better."
"Then he put on forty-two and a half tabs of brown acid that he still had from his Woodstock days. She saw all kinds of colors. Lemon yellow, orange orange, cherry red, kaleidoscope eyes. The world was on fire."

Love this:

All her classes have one chair empty
The hallways missing a student going to every class.

 

Makes you realize what will happen.


on May. 5 2009 at 8:19 pm
I think it would have been a little better if u could have made the ending kind of positive. Such as like maybe she decided to change her mind or something. But other that that it was pretty good. =)

on Mar. 3 2009 at 4:54 am
Kourtney Moan BRONZE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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i aqctually did quit school but not completly im in cyber school but very nice poem! ^^

Mikala said...
on Jan. 14 2009 at 7:50 pm
That is really sad but good

moniquecheer said...
on Dec. 16 2008 at 9:55 pm
aww. this is sad. i love it

on Nov. 4 2008 at 7:08 pm
its a very good poem

julieann said...
on Oct. 4 2008 at 2:42 am
beautiful. your poem made me cry because my son is going to quit high school and i love him and know what this means for the rest of his life