One Day in the Life of Jamal Caspian

Today was like any other. Jamal’s alarm went off at 7:00 signaling the beginning of a new day and he slowly rose out of bed. He walked into the shower still trying to shake off the sleepiness that had followed him to the bathroom. As he got dressed his mom called up the stairs, “Jamal, would you like pancakes or waffles for breakfast?”
Jamal replied, “Waffles please,” as he started down the stairs with his backpack slung over his shoulder.

After a hearty waffle breakfast Jamal joined his mother in the car and they headed off to school. When they arrived at school Jamal hurriedly got out, kissed his mom goodbye, and ran off to join his many friends in the quad. When his friend Luke Skyrunner saw Jamal entering the quad he ran over to join him.
“So did you record any new songs last night Jamal?” Luke quickly asked.
“No, I had too much homework so I didn’t get a chance.”
“Oh shucks, I was really looking forward to hearing another one of your recordings”
The bell rang; it was time for class.

Jamal went to his first period class. It was math and he had a test scheduled. Prepared for his test, Jamal went into class ready to do well. When taking the test Jamal quickly realized that he had constructed one of the problems on the test during one of the class activities. Relieved that he would at least do well on one of the problems, Jamal finished his test.

Jamal went to his next class. History was one of his favorite subjects because he learned something every day and it was simple. Today the subject was the French Revolution, a subject new to Jamal. He took copious notes and listened to the lecture. Before he knew it the bell rang again and class was over.

Jamal regrouped with Luke and the two joined the rest of their grade in the auditorium for the morning meeting. It was a boring morning meeting with no speeches or videos of any kind. One student made an announcement about a role-playing club that sounded interesting to Jamal. After about 40 minutes the meeting was done.

Jamal headed off to his final class of the morning. He arrived at Spanish class with his mind ready to think and process things in a different language. During class Jamal asked a large amount of questions and was commended by the teacher for his involvement, however Jamal did not notice several kids were annoyed by his constant participation.

The bell rang yet again and it was time for lunch. Jamal left the Spanish classroom and looked for Luke to walk down to the cafeteria with. On their way down to lunch Jamal saw her. Charlotte was walking with one of her friends going the opposite direction. Jamal shyly waved as he walked by. This time, unlike other feeble attempts in the past, Charlotte noticed his wave and smiled as she waved back. Jamal had been admiring Charlotte from a distance for quite some time and was happy to see her notice him for once.

Once they arrived at the cafeteria Jamal and Luke got their food, pasta and breadsticks, one of Jamal’s favorite. They ate and talked about school. Once they finished they made the long walk back to the Upper School.

Jamal was happy because he had a free after lunch. He went into the library and found a nice spot in front of a computer and he spent his entire free surfing the Internet.

After his free Jamal had English. He went to class and was happy when he was greeted with a reading quiz. Jamal had read the night before and knew he was going to do well. After passing his quiz Jamal sat through an interesting class discussion on the previous nights reading. The bell rang and it was time for last period.

Jamal had another free period last block because he was not a member of any clubs that held meetings 8th block. So instead Jamal went to the computer lab with Luke. Jamal got permission from the IT guy and he went on to YouTube to watch karaoke. He found one of his favorite ‘N Sync songs and began singing. He drew a small crowd and they watched on as he sang with more emotion. After he was done the bell rang, he got a few pats on the back, and school was over. A nice conclusion to what amounted to a pretty good day of school. (773)