8. The Truth about Ms. Jo-Jo

8 The Truth about Ms. Jo-Jo "Everybody failed," said Mr. Cooper. "WHAT?!" shouted Ms. Jo-Jo. "The whole class failed the test? How can that be? There must be some mistake!" For the first time ever, she looked really upset. "I'm sorry," said Mr. Cooper. "They

failed." To tell you the truth, I didn't care that we all failed the F.A.R.T. None of us cared. We were all so relaxed, nothing seemed to matter. "Oh, well," I said. "It is what it is." "Such is life," said Neil. "Ya can't win 'em all," said Ryan. "So it goes," said Michael. "Life is too short to worry about silly tests anyway," said Mr. Klutz.

"There's no use crying over spilled milk," said Andrea. HUH? What did milk have to do with anything? The only person who seemed to care that we failed the F.A.R.T. was Dr. Carbles. He had a big grin on his face, and he was rubbing his hands together. "That's it!" he shouted. "Finally, I have a reason to shut down Ella Mentry

School! All the teachers are fired! Klutz, you're fired! At last my dreams have come true! Bwa-ha-ha!"* There was total silence. You could have heard a pin drop. But not a bowling pin. They make a lot of noise.

"Uh, does this mean we don't have to go to school anymore?" I asked.

"No!" shouted Dr. Carbles. "It means you little monsters will have to go to some other school! You'll probably be in third grade for the rest of your lives! Bwa-ha-ha!" What?! Bummer in the summer! I thought that if our school closed down, we wouldn't have to go to school anymore. This was the worst thing to happen since TV Turnoff Week! I wanted to run away to Antarctica and go live with the penguins. Penguins don't have to take the F.A.R.T. "What about me?" asked Ms. Jo-Jo. She looked like she was about to cry. "You're fired too!" shouted Dr. Carbles. "Beat it! And take your stinky candles with you!" That's when Ms. Jo-Jo went nuts.