Don't Give Up, Mallory! Part 2

[alula_auburn]

I haz no clever introduction. . .

Chapter 6

Ugh.  We’re back in Short Takes, and Mr. Cobb is asking them to discuss ideas for their end of class projects, on the (stupid and poorly thought out) theme of “a project that furthers the cause of children’s literature.”  Seriously, that’s such a bullshit topic, especially for kids this age.  What does it

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[kakeochi_umai]

In an interesting sidenote, Sandra is a little reluctant to walk through the NO ENTRY door into the basement, and Mallory calls her chicken. Peer Pressure: Awesome when it’s the BSC!
THIS. Also, now trespassing is a criterion for getting your feminist card? BRB, sneaking into Ann M Martin's house to see if I can find any clues to the mystery of why her writing has so many shitty messages.

Sandra’s father is conveniently an accountant, so she automatically knows how to interpret all the figures.
So if my dad's a successful sales manager and I sucked shit at the selling aspect of retail, does that mean my mum had an affair?

Mallory is understandably a little freaked out and overwhelmed
Yet when Sandra was freaked out about making waves and was afraid she'd get slammed by the student body for it she was anti-feminist? Shut up, Ann.

I love the Dumbledore Dies Nao Feed Meh lolcat. I also love this "feed me" one.

The "swelled head" thing is especially jarring given how often bragging is used as clunky exposition. And as someone who's had pretty big confidence issues, that is the kind of time when a "But don't be conceited!" is needed LEAST.

even “soft-spoken” Becca gets in on it.
I'll give her this one; I tend to stay quiet during heated discussions too, even if I have a strong opinion (especially IRL where you don't get time to think about how to word each reply.) As for whether boys or girls should lead, they can't have a roughly equal number of boys and girls in each row?

[dragonz_flame]

>>Sandra’s father is conveniently an accountant, so she automatically knows how to interpret all the figures.
So if my dad's a successful sales manager and I sucked shit at the selling aspect of retail, does that mean my mum had an affair?

Heh. My dad's a chemistry lecturer at the university here, and the only way I was able to pass my School C science homework assignments was by asking him for 'help' and frustrating him so much he told me the answers. The teacher thought I was great until I bombed a test at school and he found out who my dad was.