Best Foot Forward by Joan Bauer

Author:Joan Bauer
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

The first day of school came down hard like a big boot from above.

The best part of the day was how many people came up and told me I looked good. I tossed my head and felt my new wispy bangs play across my face. I was wearing green, the color of new life.

It was amazing how much I’d changed over the summer and how my classmates had not. Matt Wicks, who I’d had a crush on all sophomore year, seemed childish and boring. I felt like I was living out one of those fantasy movies where the sharp adult gets zapped back into childhood and has to go back to school and relive what was not worth reliving.

Journalism with Mr. Haloran was worth the experience, though, because Mr. Haloran had the deepest, bluest eyes in all of education.

I held the sheet he passed out with the four questions we always had to ask before turning in a paper to him:

Are the facts confirmed?

Is the writing clear?

Is the piece informative?

Will Mr. Haloran unconditionally love this?

I had my own questions for the school year:

Can I . . .

Maintain a B average?

Have a balanced life?

Survive?

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