Kevin was sitting in the principal's office feeling miserable. It wasn't his fault. He didn't belong here.

Yesterday Kevin's teacher had given the class an assignment due the next day. When the rest of the class, except for Kevin, turned one in the teacher became upset and ordered Kevin down to the office.

The principal motioned for Kevin to come into his office, and Kevin obediently obeyed. "It says here that you refused to do the homework," read the principal. "Is this true?"

"I just couldn't do it," pleaded Kevin.

"Why couldn't you write an essay on the happiest moment of your life?"

"I haven't had any."
 
 

(Anonymous, "Dead End Dada", Young Adults, New York: Tom Dorerty, 1985)
 
 

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