my friend matthew
theme: once upon a time i was young and confused
Friday, September 10, 2004
A letter written to my Economics teacher:
Dear Mr. Anderson,
The following is a short story about how I missed you by 15 minutes today. (Friday) If you don't wanna read it, just fast forward to the ending paragraph. Hey! My mom said it was funny.
My name's Joshua Perry, and I'm in your Econ 1 class on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:10. You told us that we could turn in our group projects a day later than you had originally said, so my group decided that Thursday night would be a good time for ME to compile everything, put it into words, print it out, and deliver it. I'm frantically working on it most of this morning and a bit into the afternoon when I realize that Mr. Anderson might not hang out at COS all day long. He may not have class all day and he may go home relatively early on Fridays. All the while not realizing that you don't even have office hours listed for Friday.
When I arrive with finished project in hand, I run up the stairs and down the hall to your office. I'm greeted by a dark room behind a locked door and an instant world of dread. Your colleague, a few doors down exclaims, "Student? Mr. Anderson left about 15 minutes ago." (More dread)
I call your phone number and I'm startled by a loud phone ringing in the dark room behind the locked door in front of me. As tears roll down my face (not really) I bend over and carefully slide the stapled project under your door (really) in hopes of you returning later and finding it. At the moment the project entered your office (via the crack at the bottom of the door) a heavenly light instantly beamed down upon me from inside. I don't care if it was the project that set off the motion sensor that turned the office light on, I took it as a sign.
More specifically a sign that would be spoken in a booming God-like voice, "Joshua, do not fret. Mr. Anderson will laugh at your feeble attempt to amuse him through this email and accept your 15 minute late group assignment." I stood up; all tears gone from my face and marched down the hall with confidence.
I'm basically saying that I missed you by 15 minutes and am asking you if an emailed version of the project will suffice? Please email me back. Thanks.
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Joshua Perry
