First day of school

First day of school!
Get out a clean sheet of paper and a pencil.
Can I use a pen?
Sure, yes. A pen works too. Just a clean sheet of paper and something to write with. Anything.
Can I borrow a pencil?
Yes. Here.
This is a pen.
Are we taking notes?
No. Not yet. Just...listen.
This pen doesn't work.

I went to school today. Middle School. And a girl named Nicole told me how she fell off of a wall and cracked her elbow and she has to get good grades this semester because she's on parole because she brought a 3 1/2" blade to school and somebody found it. She wasn't going to take it out of her pocket, she just brought it because it was cool. She also isn't afraid to tell cops that they're gay if she thinks they're gay. And she went to Oregon and learned that if you say the word "fag" in Oregon, they'll kill you. And her dad asked her if she learned anything there and she said, "No, fag."
I think I am actually cut out for this.
I even wore a vest.