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Monday Today at school, Phys Ed was cancelled because we had general assembly during the fourth period. I have two admit I was a little disappointed when I found out, because believe it or not, me and Carlos have actually been getting the hang of the merengue. Most people were pretty excited, though, because we haven't had a general assembly since November. That's when this hypnotist called the Amazing Andrew came to our school.

In the grand finale of his show, the Amazing Andrew hypnotized a line of eighth-graders into thinking their arms were superglued together. Then he told the guys he'd unglue them with a magic word, and when he said it they came apart just like that. After school some kids got into an argument over whether the hypnotist was for real or if those eighth-graders were in on the act and just faking it. Two of the kids who thought the Amazing Andrew was a fake linked their arms, and then Martin Ford

tried to hypnotize them into thinking they were superglued together. Believe it or not, it WORKED. The two kids couldn't separate their arms, and they totally panicked. Martin tried saying the magic word, but he couldn't unstick them. The kids went back to the school, and one of the teachers had to track down the Amazing Andrew at his job so he could say the magic word and separate them.

I have no idea how the school chooses the people who come in and do our assembly's. One person they brought in last year was a guy called Strong Steve. He gave a speech about how we needed to stay off drugs, and then for his grand finale he ripped a phone book in half with his bare hands. Don't ask me what ripping a phone book has to do with staying off drugs, but the kids at my school went crazy for this guy. In fact, the librarian had to replace half the reference books on our shelves after Strong Steve's visit.

The person I'm really hoping they DON'T bring back is this singer named Krisstina. I think the school likes to bring in Krisstina for assemblies because her lyrics are really positive. TRUST IN YOUR DREAMS AND YOU WILL SEE JUST HOW HAPPY YOUR HEART CAN BE REACH FOR TRE STARS AND NEVER STOP YOU'RE A WINNER YOULL REACH THE TOP! Krisstina calls herself an "international pop sensation, "but I don't know how she gets away with that. As far as I can tell, she's never even been out of the STATE

WORLD TOUR Shop-Mart Superstore Middletown Shopping Mall Roll-a-Round Skating Rink Town Park Gazebo Rickman Auto Center Route 1A Bowling Alley Speediescrub Car Wash One of my favorite assemblies was the one where a police officer came to our school and told us about being a "narc". He said his job was to pose as a high school student and then report on the kids who were up to no good. I thought that sounded like an AWESOME job. If I can get paid to go to school without doing homework or taking test AND send all the jerks to jail, then that's the career for me.