SUBJECT: Presidents'' Day 

CHARACTERS: Teacher, The students: Kim, Sammy, Jay,

Julie 

SETTING: A classroom 

PROPS: A pile of test papers 

(Teacher is handing out test papers to the students) 

Teacher: "I''m handing back last week''s test on the

Presidents.  I gotta tell you, if bad grades were explosive, then you folks

would have blown this school to kingdom come." 

(The students groan and grumble) 

Teacher: "Anyone want to tell me why these turned

out so bad?" 

Jay: "This stuff is boring." 

Julie: "It''s just a lot of names and dates." 

Kim: "Government is boring.  I just don''t see why

it''s so important to learn this stuff." 

Teacher: "So government is boring." 

(The students agree) 

Teacher: "So, this stuff really doesn''t affect your

lives." 

(The students nod, make affirmative comments) 

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