One day, Griffin was sitting in Physics class when his professor
announced they had a midterm the next week. Griffin wanted to be the smartest
person ever in his class. He knew he wasn't... yet. He devised an ingenious
plan.
Griffin was going to stay up
all night long the night before his midterm so that he could get the best
grade. He thought if he stayed up and studied instead of sleeping, he would
surely be the one to make a 100 on the exam.
The day before the exam rolled around, and Griffin was ready. He
had went to the store the day before and stocked up on Monsters and 5 Hour
Energy drinks. He thought about buying coffee, but the library coffee shop was
open till 2 am so he would just drink coffee till 2 and then switch to energy
drinks once they close.
Griffin’s exam was at 9 am, so he got to the library at 6 pm. He
figured 15 hours of studying would be more than enough for him to get a 100! At
9 pm, Griffin started to get hungry. He ordered a delivery pizza, and ate the
whole thing within 20 minutes of it getting there. By midnight, he was starting
to feel really sick and had a migraine but he knew he could still power through
the night.
By 4 am, Griffin was feeling dead. His head was killing him, he
couldn’t focus, and it was getting really hard to keep his eyes open. He drank
3 more Monsters, but all the caffeine was making him just feel shaky and sick,
not energized and reinvigorated.
At 8 am, there was a loud snoring sound emanating from the
library. Griffin was passed OUT. He looked so haggard that nobody had the heart
to wake him up.
10 am had already rolled around when Griffin awoke with a start.
He figured that he had taken a quick power nap, like all smart people do, but
that he still had time to study for his exam. Imagine his surprise when he
realized that not only did he not have time to study, but he had slept through
the ENTIRE THING.
He ran quickly to his class room, and burst through the door right
as everyone was getting up to turn in the exam. Everyone turned to look at him,
and realizing what had happened, burst out laughing. Griffin promptly started
crying, but his professor felt so bad for him that he let him stay late and
take the exam out of pity.
Griffin ended up getting a C on his midterm, and promptly got the
flu from putting his body through so much.
If there is one thing you will never see Griffin doing again, it
is studying in the library past midnight!
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I wrote this story based off The Fable of the Animals from Southwestern and California Legends. The fable is about man is in charge of giving all the animals of the earth a bow, and the bigger the bow the more powerful the animal would be. Coyote decided he wanted the biggest bow, so he would stay up all night while the other animals slept so he could be the first animal in line. He tried staying up, but got tired and fell asleep, sleeping through the ceremony. All the animals laughed at him, but man felt bad for him and gave him cunning instead of power. I changed the story to people and someone who slept through their midterm, because I felt like that would be pretty relatable. I know people who have done this in real life, and they definitely have learned their lesson!
The Fable of the Animals from Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest by Katharine Berry Judson link to story
Hello, again!
ReplyDeleteSo I completely relate to this story. Not only did I have to take both physics I and II, but I too have overestimated my ability to function solely on caffeine. As soon as you started to describe Griffin's plan I saw where the story was going to end. Poor Griffin. I thought this was such a creative way of describing the original fable.
Great work!