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Mr Snow said, "I don’t knohat to do with you, Jon This class is an elective This is all you needed to graduate and you blew it You’re a bright kid and you write well--when and if you get around to do it Youin that thick skull of yours If you’d done even half the assign this?"

Jon shrugged "The topics are boring I can’t relate"

"You can’t relate Are you kidding me?"

"What do you wantfroet You did well at Climp, until your junior year I know because I called the school and checked Now your GPA is in the toilet I don’t think you’ve lost any IQ points, so what gives?"

Jon shrugged He kept his eyes pinned on Mr Snow’s but his expression was blank

Mr Snow stared at hi problems at home?"

"Not really"

"You want to talk about it?"

"There’s nothing to talk about"

Mr Snow closed his eyes for a beat and tried another tack "You have plans for college?"

"City College maybe I haven’t decided yet"

"Well, you better pull your thu called up"

"I thought they were uys"

"You want to take that chance? The last two years, they’ve bumped up the draft to thirty-five thousand amen"

"Yes, sir I’