Post by Kiddo on Feb 6, 2003 21:15:59 GMT -5
Yep, I result this as a result of getting a C on my report card. Quite interesting, really...
The great rainbow incident began quite innocently. Granted, I’d had a vague idea of what was coming, but nothing definite. See, I was taking AP calculus in high school this year and had landed with a horrible teacher.
“Frankly, I don’t care if you all fail,” he had said at the beginning of the school year, “You’re all seniors and it won’t affect your future any.”
Upon which a poor guy at the back of the class stuck his hand in the air and announced that he was a junior. I only exchanged glances with the girl next to me, Emily, and sunk lower into my seat. That was only the beginning of our ordeal.
I knew I was failing around interims. Of course, our teacher hadn’t bothered to put all the grades in yet so the entire class was failing. I merely did my best and hoped for a miracle. Then report cards came. Sitting in the calculus spot was a C. I nearly died from shock and my parent’s reaction.
My pets weren’t very sympathetic. After escaping to my house in Neopia Central, I dismally showed my report card to Terraile, my shadowed Shoyru.
“Well, that’s not so bad,” she said after a while.
“Yes it is,” I moaned.
“Then have Aldrai tutor you.”
“He doesn’t know calculus. Neopia doesn’t even have calc books.”
“Oh.”
She sighed and placed the report card on the table.
“Well, then get someone else to tutor you. Someone that makes better grades, preferably.”
At first, I dismissed the notion. I was simply too proud to admit that I needed help from another student. Then Un-eairkagh, my striped Eyrie, got a hold of my report card.
“KIDDO IS FAILING MATH!!” he shrieked, parading around the house with the piece of paper clutched in one paw.
“I am not!” I retorted angrily from the sofa.
“First it’s a C,” he chuckled maliciously, “then senioritis sets in. Your grades continue to slip and you get a D, than an F!”
“Stop it!”
“Kiddo’s gonna fail… Kiddo’s gonna fail…”
He paused and looked at me, a sudden puzzled expression coming over his face.
“Do you have enough math credits to graduate?”
“That’s it!” I yelled, standing up, “I give up! I’m getting a tutor!”
I marched into class the next day determined to prove Un-eairkagh wrong. I sat at my desk and contemplated the various people I could ask for help. Greg? No, he was too lazy to do much more than help himself. Ana? I shuddered at the thought of asking the grade-fanatic for help. Then Emily slipped into class a tad late and found her desk by me.
“Hey,” I whispered, leaning over, “Whadya get on your report card in here?”
“I got a B, why?”
“How do you do on the tests?”
“Mostly C’s.”
My mind did some quick thinking. I usually got D’s on the tests, so she obviously understood calculus better than me.
“Would you tutor me?”
“Sure, that’d be fine. Your house?”
“Yeah, right after school.”
Emily met me out in the senior parking lot right after the final bell rang.
“My house is not too hard to get to, but it’s a ways from the school,” I said, unlocking my green Rodeo Isuzu.
“That’s okay, I’m good at following.”
“Righto then.”
Emily parked in the street while I pulled up into my driveway. I could see a striped Eyrie head pressed against the front window, watching. I sighed inwardly, knowing he’d be a terror with someone new over. I entered the front door and barely avoided getting knocked over by Un-eairkagh’s enthusiastic greeting.
“Agh, Eair, get off,” I growled, pushing my way past him, “And leave Emily alone!”
“Oh, Emily!” I heard him exclaim behind me, “So what misfortune cast you in with Kiddo?”
“Math,” she replied, hurrying past him and into the living room.
“I have a dark battle duck,” he announced, sounding for all the world like a toddler with a new toy.
“That’s nice,” she replied absently.
“Wanna see?”
“No!” I quickly interrupted, “Please Eair, we’re gonna be studying. Just go play in your room for a while.”
His wings drooped and he walked out of the room, visibly crestfallen.
“That was harsh,” Emily said reproachfully.
“He’s just putting on a show,” I muttered, dropping my book bag on the floor. “Okay, ready to study some calculus?”
As we got out our calculators and notes, we could hear the tell-tale sound of Eair’s battle duck from his room.
SQUEEKY SQUEEKY SQUEEKY SQUEEKY!
“Is he always like that?” Emily whispered.
“Oh yes.”
We studied for about two straight hours. My head was spinning and my frustration level was growing.
“I think we’ve done enough for today,” I finally announced, shutting my book, “Integrals, LRAM, MRAM, ergh. I can’t take it anymore.”
“Yeah. You know we have a test this Friday, don’t you?”
I groaned and flopped on the floor.
“Someone just shoot me.”
“Really!?” I heard Un-eairkagh inquire from the doorway.
“Sure, if you can find a gun,” I muttered, rolling over onto my back.
I heard him rummaging through his room then come racing back in.
“Uh, Kid…”
That was all Emily had time to say. A bright light suddenly filled my vision and I sat up with a cry, rubbing my eyes. I felt tingly all over. I heard a muffled snort from Emily and hysterical laughter from Un-eairkagh.
“What the…?” I muttered, looking at them.
Emily was trying her best not to laugh and Un-eairkagh was rolling on the floor, a rainbow gun laying nearby. I only sat there, trying to figure out what was so funny. Sure, Un-eairkagh had taken me up on my offer to shoot me, but why Emily was finding it so funny was beyond me. Finally I figured it out. The gun apparently has a curious effect on humans, specifically on their hair.
“Oh my gosh,” I said in disbelief, running to the bathroom to see the full damage.
My hair was a rainbow of color, streaked blue, purple, red, green, and every other color seen in the sky after a rainstorm.
“I’m gonna die.”
“How come?” Emily asked, still laughing.
“My mom! She freaked out when I got my ears pierced again, how do you think she’s gonna take this?”
“Not well?”
“That’s an understatement,” I replied, turning back to the mirror, “I hope this wears off soon….”
“Hey Un-eairkagh!” Emily called, walking back into the living room, “Think you can do me? I’ve been wanting a change.”
“Emily!” I called, running after her, “What if it’s permanent?”
“Whoops,” she replied glibly, admiring the end of her now multi-colored ponytail.
“This is sooo cool,” Un-eairkagh said, admiring the gun, “I wonder what eyrie rainbow flash would do?”
“No!” I quickly exclaimed, “Don’t even think about it!”
“Awww…”
“We’ll, we’re definitely going to be the talk of the school,” I grumbled to Emily as I helped her gather up her things.
“I know! It’s going to be great. See ya tomorrow, and ya know what?”
“What?”
“I’m glad you asked me to tutor you tonight.”
And with a flip of her rainbow-ponytail, she left.
Alright, so school wasn’t that bad the next day. Greg actually seemed awake in class, our teacher had trouble concentrating on the lesson, and we certainly caused a sensation. Of course, our principal politely informed us that we were violating dress code rule, “No distracting dress or hair color” but nothing came of it. Eventually the color wore out and my hair was back to it’s normal brown. As for Eair’s rainbow gun, well, some random Neopian has it now, seeing as I left it under the branches of the Money Tree. He’ll just have to be content with squeaking his duck 24/7. As for calculus, we’ll just have to wait and see.
The great rainbow incident began quite innocently. Granted, I’d had a vague idea of what was coming, but nothing definite. See, I was taking AP calculus in high school this year and had landed with a horrible teacher.
“Frankly, I don’t care if you all fail,” he had said at the beginning of the school year, “You’re all seniors and it won’t affect your future any.”
Upon which a poor guy at the back of the class stuck his hand in the air and announced that he was a junior. I only exchanged glances with the girl next to me, Emily, and sunk lower into my seat. That was only the beginning of our ordeal.
I knew I was failing around interims. Of course, our teacher hadn’t bothered to put all the grades in yet so the entire class was failing. I merely did my best and hoped for a miracle. Then report cards came. Sitting in the calculus spot was a C. I nearly died from shock and my parent’s reaction.
My pets weren’t very sympathetic. After escaping to my house in Neopia Central, I dismally showed my report card to Terraile, my shadowed Shoyru.
“Well, that’s not so bad,” she said after a while.
“Yes it is,” I moaned.
“Then have Aldrai tutor you.”
“He doesn’t know calculus. Neopia doesn’t even have calc books.”
“Oh.”
She sighed and placed the report card on the table.
“Well, then get someone else to tutor you. Someone that makes better grades, preferably.”
At first, I dismissed the notion. I was simply too proud to admit that I needed help from another student. Then Un-eairkagh, my striped Eyrie, got a hold of my report card.
“KIDDO IS FAILING MATH!!” he shrieked, parading around the house with the piece of paper clutched in one paw.
“I am not!” I retorted angrily from the sofa.
“First it’s a C,” he chuckled maliciously, “then senioritis sets in. Your grades continue to slip and you get a D, than an F!”
“Stop it!”
“Kiddo’s gonna fail… Kiddo’s gonna fail…”
He paused and looked at me, a sudden puzzled expression coming over his face.
“Do you have enough math credits to graduate?”
“That’s it!” I yelled, standing up, “I give up! I’m getting a tutor!”
I marched into class the next day determined to prove Un-eairkagh wrong. I sat at my desk and contemplated the various people I could ask for help. Greg? No, he was too lazy to do much more than help himself. Ana? I shuddered at the thought of asking the grade-fanatic for help. Then Emily slipped into class a tad late and found her desk by me.
“Hey,” I whispered, leaning over, “Whadya get on your report card in here?”
“I got a B, why?”
“How do you do on the tests?”
“Mostly C’s.”
My mind did some quick thinking. I usually got D’s on the tests, so she obviously understood calculus better than me.
“Would you tutor me?”
“Sure, that’d be fine. Your house?”
“Yeah, right after school.”
Emily met me out in the senior parking lot right after the final bell rang.
“My house is not too hard to get to, but it’s a ways from the school,” I said, unlocking my green Rodeo Isuzu.
“That’s okay, I’m good at following.”
“Righto then.”
Emily parked in the street while I pulled up into my driveway. I could see a striped Eyrie head pressed against the front window, watching. I sighed inwardly, knowing he’d be a terror with someone new over. I entered the front door and barely avoided getting knocked over by Un-eairkagh’s enthusiastic greeting.
“Agh, Eair, get off,” I growled, pushing my way past him, “And leave Emily alone!”
“Oh, Emily!” I heard him exclaim behind me, “So what misfortune cast you in with Kiddo?”
“Math,” she replied, hurrying past him and into the living room.
“I have a dark battle duck,” he announced, sounding for all the world like a toddler with a new toy.
“That’s nice,” she replied absently.
“Wanna see?”
“No!” I quickly interrupted, “Please Eair, we’re gonna be studying. Just go play in your room for a while.”
His wings drooped and he walked out of the room, visibly crestfallen.
“That was harsh,” Emily said reproachfully.
“He’s just putting on a show,” I muttered, dropping my book bag on the floor. “Okay, ready to study some calculus?”
As we got out our calculators and notes, we could hear the tell-tale sound of Eair’s battle duck from his room.
SQUEEKY SQUEEKY SQUEEKY SQUEEKY!
“Is he always like that?” Emily whispered.
“Oh yes.”
We studied for about two straight hours. My head was spinning and my frustration level was growing.
“I think we’ve done enough for today,” I finally announced, shutting my book, “Integrals, LRAM, MRAM, ergh. I can’t take it anymore.”
“Yeah. You know we have a test this Friday, don’t you?”
I groaned and flopped on the floor.
“Someone just shoot me.”
“Really!?” I heard Un-eairkagh inquire from the doorway.
“Sure, if you can find a gun,” I muttered, rolling over onto my back.
I heard him rummaging through his room then come racing back in.
“Uh, Kid…”
That was all Emily had time to say. A bright light suddenly filled my vision and I sat up with a cry, rubbing my eyes. I felt tingly all over. I heard a muffled snort from Emily and hysterical laughter from Un-eairkagh.
“What the…?” I muttered, looking at them.
Emily was trying her best not to laugh and Un-eairkagh was rolling on the floor, a rainbow gun laying nearby. I only sat there, trying to figure out what was so funny. Sure, Un-eairkagh had taken me up on my offer to shoot me, but why Emily was finding it so funny was beyond me. Finally I figured it out. The gun apparently has a curious effect on humans, specifically on their hair.
“Oh my gosh,” I said in disbelief, running to the bathroom to see the full damage.
My hair was a rainbow of color, streaked blue, purple, red, green, and every other color seen in the sky after a rainstorm.
“I’m gonna die.”
“How come?” Emily asked, still laughing.
“My mom! She freaked out when I got my ears pierced again, how do you think she’s gonna take this?”
“Not well?”
“That’s an understatement,” I replied, turning back to the mirror, “I hope this wears off soon….”
“Hey Un-eairkagh!” Emily called, walking back into the living room, “Think you can do me? I’ve been wanting a change.”
“Emily!” I called, running after her, “What if it’s permanent?”
“Whoops,” she replied glibly, admiring the end of her now multi-colored ponytail.
“This is sooo cool,” Un-eairkagh said, admiring the gun, “I wonder what eyrie rainbow flash would do?”
“No!” I quickly exclaimed, “Don’t even think about it!”
“Awww…”
“We’ll, we’re definitely going to be the talk of the school,” I grumbled to Emily as I helped her gather up her things.
“I know! It’s going to be great. See ya tomorrow, and ya know what?”
“What?”
“I’m glad you asked me to tutor you tonight.”
And with a flip of her rainbow-ponytail, she left.
Alright, so school wasn’t that bad the next day. Greg actually seemed awake in class, our teacher had trouble concentrating on the lesson, and we certainly caused a sensation. Of course, our principal politely informed us that we were violating dress code rule, “No distracting dress or hair color” but nothing came of it. Eventually the color wore out and my hair was back to it’s normal brown. As for Eair’s rainbow gun, well, some random Neopian has it now, seeing as I left it under the branches of the Money Tree. He’ll just have to be content with squeaking his duck 24/7. As for calculus, we’ll just have to wait and see.
