Week 1 Story - The Hardest Time of My Life

An Image of a Struggling Student Her Campus

A was the grade,

that I wanted in the course,

B was Billy,

the kid that never showed up to the lectures,

C was the Class,

that always happened on every day of the week,

D was the Dean,

that made sure that the course was impossible to pass,

E was the Effort,

that I always put into the class to do my best,

F was the Failure,

that I would not be able to accept,

G was the Grades,

that would determine the outcome of the letter score,

H was the Holiday,

in the middle of the semester,

I was the Impact,

that this grade would have on my life,

J was the Jokester,

that sat in the back of the classroom,

K was the Kids,

that cried after the first exam,

L was the Letter,

that I needed to be an A,

M was the Music,

that I listened to while I studied,

N was the Nights,

that I did not get any sleep at all,

O was the Obsession,

that was driving me to do my best,

P was the Parties,

that I had to skip to not fall behind,

Q was the Quiet,

that I needed to hear while I tested,

R was the Retest,

that could make the difference in my grade,

S was the Studying,

that drove me crazy all year long,

T was the Test,

that I managed to do the best in the class on,

U was the Uneasiness,

that I experienced throughout the whole semester,

V was the Vision,

that I had to be the best,

W was the Wisdom,

that I obtained from the semester long course,

X was the Xylitol,

that kept me going on the long nights,

Y was the Yield,

that the end of the semester held,

Z was the Zero,

that I got on the final exam,

And that was how I failed 1st grade.

Author's Note. The original story goes through the alphabet where every sentence starts with the next letter in the alphabet all the way from a to z. I took the idea of the story formatting and turned it into a story about a specific topic. The topic was a class that was taken in school.

Bibliography. "A was an archer" from The Nursery Rhyme Book by Andrew Lang. Web Source.