"He does this every year," said Junior with a laugh, "Same speech, every year. Next he's going to start listing the rule book."

Principal Gardner coughed a moment, "Now, in the interest of maintaining an organized learning environment, there are certain procedures to be followed. Firstly, while we encourage extracurricular activities, all students must be off campus by 6:00 PM. Secondly..."

Principal Gardner continued on like this, wasting approximately 20 minutes of time that could have been used reading or training or something else productive. I couldn't help but feel a bit cheated by the school. After he had finished informing us about the regulations regarding cell phone use and how many times one is allowed to be late to class, we were finally told to leave in an orderly fashion and collect our schedules along the way; after which every student proceeded to leave with no coordination or structure and only about half of them bothered to pick up their schedules.
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"Over already?" Halfway through Junior had shut his eyes and taken a nap, a huge tactical failure on his part and he was lucky to still be alive, "I guess we should at least show up for the first day. I like to meet the kids in each class before deciding whether or not I'll keep going to those ones."

"I was unaware classes were optional."

He grinned and I wondered if I had unintentionally made another social blunder, "Only if you know the way out. We should meet up later, I'll show you." Potential escape routes without being spotted? I may have to accept that offer...

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	1st hour: Family and Consumer Science

	2nd hour: Personal Finance

	3rd hour: Algebra

	4th hour: Art

	5th hour: Language Arts

	Lunch

	6th hour: Psychology/Sociology

	7th hour: History

	I look at the paper carefully, memorizing its contents; supposedly, this would be my schedule for the rest of the year. It didn't seem all that different from the duty roster they would place in the mess hall. After stuffing the paper into my pocket, I take a look at the door in front of me and cautiously step inside.