Should vs. Have to
Thursday, July 15, 2010, 10:16 AM
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rie @Pixiv
So yeah. The picture has nothing to do with the main topic of this post... but~ I like it. C:
So annnyyywwaay. I'm reading another super cute fan fic. The pairing this time is from Naruto, surprisingly.
I doubt you can guess who they are ^^
Okay, so onto the main topic of this post. I suddenly remembered when I was in grade 4, and if you're an old friend from my elementary, you'd remember our smart, Asian, and... uhm, nice(?) classmate William. I argued with him one day. I don't even remember for what, but I think it was because the teacher scolded him for doing something. I think it was our story.
To put it bluntly, I was pretty good at writing stories then. I was going to write it for the group, but no.
He was like, "You said I should have done it!"
So I was like, "I said 'should'. I didn't said you had to."
"Yeah," he, like, snapped at me or something, "It's the same thing."
And DUDE. My god. My stubborn nature, and how I hate being wrong, made me argue with him until the last moment.
Then brainstormed along the way with the other group members. While, I, on the other hand, whipped up a whole short story as soon as the teacher told us what to write about! They just hated me. I knew so, because I was a slacker and I hated life. Can't blame me.
So it was probably something like:
I suggested, "Let's write about a animal. Like-"
"OH! YEAH! -fucking BS idea is thrown out by I have no fucking idea what her name is, but she was 'popular'-!"
Everyone, "YEAH, OKAY."
So I was like, "Okay, then-" Did I mention I was being nice and was about to revise my story JUST TO ACCOMMODATE HER IDEA? Well, I guess she was too fucking stupid.
William: "Okay, well, how about this? -some fucked up storyline that was worse than a grade 2 kid's-."
Me in my head: ... Why the fuck do I even bother?
THEN.
Teacher: "You can't do this! This is bad! What is this! YOU ALL FUCKING SUCK AT WRITING."
Me: "OMFG I KNOW."
William: "Why can't we use 'I' or 'you'?"
Me: "OMFG ARE YOU STUPID?"
Teacher: "Who is smart enough to know why? Which I'm guessing no one, since you all used it in your shitty stories."
Me: -raises hand- "OMFG I KNOW. I'M SO SORRY THAT'S CALLED A STORY. THAT'S NOT EVEN A SORRY EXCUSE FOR PAPER."
Teacher: -looks around, no one else's hand is raised- "Holy fuck, you're all stupid. Tell us why, you."
Me: I'm not joking, she forgot my name for a minute. "Because the story's not told in first person or second person, YOU FUCKING RETARDS, and you're not supposed to refer to yourself or the reader in fiction. The story will sound awkward. GET A HINT WILLIAM. YOU WROTE ABOUT A MONKEY THEN TALKED ABOUT YOURSELF. OH, I SEE THE CONNECTION."
-Teacher goes on asking why we need periods and why the plot sucked and all this shit I already knew. I think that was the second smartest time I've ever felt.-
THEN.
Teacher: "The group that wrote bout the monkey, come up."
-we git thar een har... offive sp8x-
-shay twaked avout dah shtoreh.-
William: "She told us it would work."
Teacher: "Why?"
Me: "BECAUSE I HAD A FUCKING AWESOME STORYLINE THAT WOULD FUCK YOUR WORLD UP, BUT THAT BITCH FUCKING FUCKED IT UP HIS ASS. -Tells her my original storyline-"
William: "You said we 'should' have -I don't even know WTF I told him to do-."
Me: "I said 'should'. Doesn't mean you 'had to'."
William -looks at me in disgust-: "It's the same thing."
Me: "HOLY FUCK, GO RELEARN ENGLISH. I'M ASIAN TOO, YOU LITTLE SHTUPID [shit+stupid], BUT I'M PRETTY SURE I CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 'then' AND 'than'! It's not."
William: "Yeah it is!"
Me: "HOLY FUCK YOU SOUND LIKE MY NEPHEW. No, it isn't."
And then, finally.
Grade 6~ whoooa~~
Emma: -arguing with Alex I think- "I said you 'should have'. That doesn't mean you 'have to'."
Alex: "It's the same thing!"
Me: -fucking bluntly- "FUCK NO IT ISN'T."
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