History Sucks

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Perseus' knee bounced up and down on the tiled floor under his desk rapidly.

He sighed and glanced at the clock.

10 minutes left.

His balding teacher swept along the rows of tables passing out sheets of paper.

Finally he passed a paper to Percy with a grimace. Percy snatched it up and his skimmed through grades hungrily.

He gave me 72%, really?

"Mr. Patel!" Percy called. His teacher paused and turned to him.

"Yes?"

"My Haiku was not that bad."

Mr. Patel fixed him with a look. "Yes it was." Percy huffed,

"How 'bout this? You are failing me,

I really want to pass your class,

But you are stupid." 

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