Me: Well, you see, I, uh, I'm a cancer survivor. Person #1: And how's that working out for you? Me: Well, you see, I, uh, used to have leukemia. Person #2: Dude, how come you're not, like, BALD? Me: Well, you see, I, uh, I had acute lymphocytic lymphoma when I was five. Person #3: Whoa. THAT must'a sucked. I once had my tonsils out.
Jordan SonnenblickA typical weeknight when he was home like this: 1. Sit down and try to do homework. 2. Get interrupted by Jeffrey: โPlease play with me!โ 3. Ignore brother, try to do homework. 4. Get interrupted by Jeffrey: โCome ON, Steven! Iโm BORED!โ 5. Beg Jeffrey for five minutes of peace. 6. Get begged for five minutes of play: โSteven, you never, ever play with meโever!โ 7. Move entire homework operations center to different room. 8. Repeat steps #1-7 as directed by small drugged maniac.
Jordan SonnenblickBut nobody ever tells you in advance when you should concentrate on the good times-that's why you're supposed to do it every day.
Jordan SonnenblickWhoโs that? Thatโs the King. Whoโs he? The Duke. Whoโs she? The Princess. What do they call you? The Count. What does that make me? Ummโฆhow about the Peasant? And the name stuck.
Jordan SonnenblickHe also said that if anyone did anything to mess up the rest of the testing, he was going to call 911 personally. Yeah, like that wouldn't make it into the nightly news again: WHEELCHAIR-BOUND CANCER PATIENT ARRESTED FOR FREE SPEECH.
Jordan SonnenblickHe said he "admired our courage" but didn't want to see us do anything to "damage our promising futures." He felt "proud as an American" that we had "exercised our right to peaceful free expression." But if we did it again, he didn't "know what action the state board of education might take against individual students." Translation: You've had your fun. Now sit down, shut up, and take the freakin' test. Or else.
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