Something that took place in school. | 5:24 AM
Today, something very unfortunate, unexpected and unusual happened in school today. I was not involved in the incident in anyway, the person who was is my classmate, who I shall not name as it might get someone into trouble.
Anyway, today is Friday, which is my most enjoyed day of the school week as it has the shortest timetable, with school ending at 1.05pm instead of 4pm as on Monday and Thursday.
At 9pm, the English lesson started. It lasted for 2 periods, 1 hour and 10 minutes. I usually enjoy English lessons as just this month alone our class has been to the Computer Lab twice, and because my English is pretty good and lessons are usually not boring. Today, Miss Tan, my English teacher, taught my class about doing Summary. After she explained Summary to us, she told us to do the Summary question that was on a worksheet that had everything else completed. As strong as I am in English, I began running into problems, there were several words that I could not find synonyms for.
However, I eventually got them right, and continued doing the Summary at a high speed, as Recess was coming and I was excited.
All of a sudden, a melodious little jingle broke out from behind me. What is that, I thought to myself. It sounded like... a ringtone! I turned around and knew that the sound originated from somewhere near my classmate. Clearly, majority of the rest of the class agreed with my sentiments as they made a commotion, with "wooh"s and "ahh"s going around the class. My classmate frantically fished his hand phone out of his pocket, and quickly mashed a button and the ringing stopped. He had a terrified and anxious expression plastered onto his now beetroot red face.
I was shocked by what had happened. Miss Tan then hushed the class, as she walked over to my classmate amongst calls of "Confiscate it" and "Punish him". He looked very guilty. Miss Tan said something to him, then took his phone away, as he started crying slightly as paranoia and fear took over.
Having your hand phone turned on during class is prohibited by the school. Not only did my classmate keep his hand phone on, he did not even make sure that the phone would not ring loudly. And therefore, i personally feel it is his own fault. He claimed to me that someone had deliberately called him in an attempt to sabotage him, and that was 3 minutes after claiming it was a telemarketer. It seemed to me like an attempt to find an excuse.
The aim of this post has nothing to do with my classmate at all, and I apologise if he is upset by this post but I have not posted this to try to make him upset, I am simply recounting the incident and sharing my own opinion.
