FF – Skool Daze
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. She also provided this week’s photo.
Copyright Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
The starting pistol fires! He dives into the water – Geoff Bullet, defending Olympic champion. But… something’s wrong! Bright light, waves… not a pool, a huge lake! A random inter-dimensional portal…? Geoff kicks hard for shore… so far, so very far, muscles like lead, must… keep… going…
“Geoffrey! Stop thrashing around, get out of the pool and get changed! The rest of the class is already on the bus.”
“Yes, Sir, sorry, Sir…”
Caught by a vicious deadly monster, Geoff Bullet is hauled from the water and forced into a lifetime of slavery in the notorious Algebra Mines of the planet Arithmeticita…
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Poor Geoff. Hauled out in the middle of his magnificent daydream. For Algebra at that. Hilarious, Ali. 😀 — Suzanne
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Yes, it couldn’t be a worse next lesson!
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The inside of a child’s head is a wonderful place
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It is. Unfettered imagination.
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Poor kid… sent off to the Algebra mines for the rest of his life to dig up unknown quantities of unknown quantities…
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It’s a thankless task…
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Have you been talking to Calvin of “Calvin and Hobbes” fame?
I love this. So very much!
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Poor Hobbes would be quite soggy if he were there 🙂
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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I did! 🙂
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What an imagination Geoff has! He’ll need it in the Algebra mines. At no time in my life thus far have I ever need to know that x+y=z or whatever the answer is supposed to be. 😀
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I’ve used algebra but I’ve never needed to know what the angle of the triangle in the circle was…
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It’s the square root of the hypotenuse times pi divided by 3x + z squared. But that’s only the correct answer on Thursdays if the
moon is full.
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See how much you remember!
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Hahaha… loved his daydream. I daydream to this day of magnificent stuff😂
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Me too 🙂
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😀👏👏👏
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His own fault, he shouldn’t have broken the water slide rule.
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And now he pays the ultimate price.
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Math murder!
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Oh, that was brilliantly done! Thank you for making me smile.
Susan A Eames at
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I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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Geoff certainly has a wonderful imagination. You need one to get through Algebra!! 🙂
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You certainly do. It’s the only way to make it through with your sanity intact 🙂
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A good way to make school days more interesting! Great fun 🙂
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You need something to make them more interesting. I’m glad you liked it!
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So entertaining, poor old Geoff ! Having a horrible time. Superb ending line – taken to the Algebra mines of planet Arithmeticita. Did you dislike maths at school by any chance ?
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Ha, hated it with a passion. All through school and the maths component of my first degree (Physics so a fair amount of quite heavy maths) I always managed just enough so I didn’t have to retake. I don’t have the right sort of brain.
As for Geoff – he’s just gonna have to suck it up, like the rest of us had to 🙂
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Ah but which dimension is real?
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Eek! Dum dum DUMMMMM 🙂
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I reckon we’ll be reading Geoffrey’s stories here at Friday Fictioneers before too long!
Rosey, a joke and some wine!
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He’s on the right track for sure! A new recruit.
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” forced into a lifetime of slavery in the notorious Algebra Mines of the planet Arithmeticita…” This made me laugh out loud. I love kids who have those kinds of imaginations!
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He’ll be novelist one day. I#m glad you enjoyed it!
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You are right 🙂
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who knows? he could be the next einstein. all he needs is a great teacher. 🙂
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He has the imagination to look outside the box, for sure.
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Well that is quite the penalty for tardiness!
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Yes, it does seem a little harsh 🙂
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Calvin and Hobbes lives again 🙂
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Hobbes would be getting pretty soggy 🙂
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There is nothing more exciting than your own imagination. Great little tale.
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Very true, and probably for the best! I’m glad you liked it.
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With such an imagination, he can have fun anywhere, even in the Algebra Mines. 🙂
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Let’s just hope Geoff Bullet doesn’t make his daring escape by requesting to go to the toilet and not coming back 🙂
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I like Geoffrey. I taught high school English for many years and I fought hard to capture the kids’ imaginations. At least I could use stories to do it. I always pitied the poor maths teachers with only numbers and formulae to work with – although I’ve known some who could work magic with algebra. Terrific picture of childhood. I love it.
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I’d love to meet someone who could work magic with algebra 🙂 I’m glad you liked the story!
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Why transport Geoff Bullet from his natural habitat to planet Arethmatica? It may not be good for his well being. But elders say, it is for his own good. Who knows what is good and what is bad? All relative!
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Much as Geoff enjoys his swimming lessons, it is time for double maths class sadly.
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Ha! Ha! Such a daydreamer, that’s the only way he is going to make it through Algebra.
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For sure. Bah, algebra 😦
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Dear Ali,,
That sounds like a terrifying planet. I would never want to be sent there. I was a daydreamer myself. 😉 Imaginative and funny.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
Me too. Still am 🙂
Ali
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Oh… poor guy… but the labor camp will be an opportunity…. he will find a new escape.
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All the exciting ways for Geoff Bullet to escape…
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A simililar thing happened to me, I can vaguely recall. Resist, Geoffrey! Resist!
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If they hit him with a parametric equation it’ll be too late!
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Loved it. May he keep his imagination, even if it consists of algebraic nightmares.
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He has to take the bad with the good. I’m sure he’ll imagine a cunning escape…
I’m glad you liked it!
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I’ll bet he’s the life and soul of English Lit class.
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His wild imaginings are the talk of the school.
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Best laugh of the week!
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I’m glad you liked it!
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Wonderful imagination!
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He lives in a world of his own!
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My middle granddaughter has this kind of imagination 🙂
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Fun 🙂 Life without imagination would be boring.
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