" Are you coming to school tomorrow?" people whispered as I walked to my first period. School had just started and people were already getting prepared for the World Cup game of Mexico vs. South Africa, as well as Uruguay vs France that wasn't until tomorrow. I decided to ask my friends what they were gonna do and they modestly answered "I'm coming late, I can't miss the game, come on now." This was what everyone answered when asked if they were coming to school tomorrow. Apparently, they didn't want to miss the game. Some simply because Mexico's their favorite team and for others this would be the first World Cup game they were gonna watch and were excited because Mexico made it.
My school, Los Angeles Leadership Academy, is a very small school with a population of about 400 student so it was no surprise that the vice principal would find out. For every student that is absent the school loses 40$ which is alot, the World Cup was going to be a problem. So our vice principle decided to take some suggestions during lunch and came to the conclusion that a TV should be brought in so that the students could watch the game in the cafeteria. But not everyone agreed with the decision, not the teacher's at least. Tomorrow would be our last official day of school until finals, and the first 2 periods would miss out on valuable time to review.
But unfortunately a student decided to play with the wires on the cable box and the TV no longer turns on:( Hopefully students decide to go to school and have their parents record the game. But it would be even better if the TV miraculously turned on before 7:00 am.
Written by Brenda Solis
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