Peeled (2008)
“He was wearing gray pants and a stained blue shirt. Mr. Grasso stood in the doorway. There was hardly room for all of us.
I walked up. “Mr. Polton, thank you for coming.”
“Somebody had to rescue you from Grasso.”
Mr. Grasso cracked his knuckles and grinned.
“And by the way,” he added, “I appreciate persistence.”
I smiled and found a seat.
Mrs. Kutash gushed that, as our principal, she was delighted to announce that Mr. Polton had agreed to be our adviser for the rest of the semester, and did we... realize how fortunate we were to have a journalist of his standing to help us with the paper?
“Adults who selflessly volunteer their time to further the cause of education give a great gift to the school and future generations.”
“We’ll see,” Polton said.
Mr. Grasso cleared his throat in a kind of warning.
Mrs. Kutash smiled nervously.
Baker Polton sneered at the whiteboard in the corner that listed some upcoming stories for our next edition: Great date movies Joys of the harvest Ongoing roof repair New football uniforms Someone had written All Ghost, All the Time.MoreLess
I walked up. “Mr. Polton, thank you for coming.”
“Somebody had to rescue you from Grasso.”
Mr. Grasso cracked his knuckles and grinned.
“And by the way,” he added, “I appreciate persistence.”
I smiled and found a seat.
Mrs. Kutash gushed that, as our principal, she was delighted to announce that Mr. Polton had agreed to be our adviser for the rest of the semester, and did we... realize how fortunate we were to have a journalist of his standing to help us with the paper?
“Adults who selflessly volunteer their time to further the cause of education give a great gift to the school and future generations.”
“We’ll see,” Polton said.
Mr. Grasso cleared his throat in a kind of warning.
Mrs. Kutash smiled nervously.
Baker Polton sneered at the whiteboard in the corner that listed some upcoming stories for our next edition: Great date movies Joys of the harvest Ongoing roof repair New football uniforms Someone had written All Ghost, All the Time.MoreLess
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