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Story of a Girl
2014-10-03 20:05:05 (UTC)

I think I started a thing at school...

I think I started a thing in school.

So, I'm in this university program at school. It's a Spanish Translation & Interpretation class, from the University of Arizona. (Or so my teacher says.) It's the highest level class available for Spanish; Spanish V Honors. ANYWAY, we're starting our Medical unit, & my teacher assigned us a group project; we had to act out a scene of good interpretation, & bad interpretation. We could use props if we'd like, so I told my two other partners I'd bring in face masks, just to get us in the zone.

I went to the pharmacy, & the cheapest box I could find contained 50 masks for $11.50. There was another box of 10, but for $20. Soooo, I ended up buying the 50. I only needed them for this one assignment, but whatever.

So, I decided to wear my face mask for the entire time, though I did take it off for the majority of my classes. As expected, people gave weird looks. "Are you sick?" "What's that on your face?" "What are you wearing?" "What's with the mask?" I gave one away to this kid in my 2nd period... During 3rd period, there's this girl, Renett, that LOVED the face mask, & she asked for one. She literally wore it all day. Three other girls sitting behind, across, & next to me asked for one, too. Renett & one other girl wore it for the entire day; the other two wore it after school. We were laughing so hard, & everyone just gave us weird looks. Some kid, Gustavo, asked me, "Are you wearing that because you have Ebola?" I said, "Yes. That's exactly why I'm wearing it." "ARE YOU SERIOUS?" "Nah, it's just a prop for class."

OK. SO. During 4th pd, this kid Bryan (I hate him) noticed that I had the mask. He asked, "Where'd you get it? I saw a bunch of girls wearing that!" But he fell before I could reply.

DURING LUNCH, a school cop confronted me. He said, "Hellooooo." "Hi..." "Are you that girl I was talking to at the game Friday?" "Um, no.." "Excuse me, you look so much like her. Alright, take care." I seriously thought I was going to get in trouble, but I'm pretty sure there's no rule against wearing the face masks.

5th period. I had Renett again. We were sitting next to each other, drawing, when the teacher asked us, "Why are you two ladies wearing those masks?" & we simultaneously replied.. Renett replied with, "I'm not feeling well, mister." Me, "Oh it's just a thing for class." He replied with, "Ah, ok."
She whispered to me, "I've been telling everyone that I'm sick. I cough sometimes, & they totally believe me!"

During 7th period... I gave out like 7 other face masks. The girl next to me asked, "Why are you wearing that?" I replied with, "...Because I'm trying to stop the spread of Ebola." She like, lost her shit & walked to the other side of the room where she sat in the corner for a good 5 minutes.

So then that kid from 2nd period came, & asked for 2 more. And people wore them on their heads.

So yeah.

I think I started a thing.

I JUST HOPE NOBODY KNOWS THAT IT WAS ME. OR I'LL BE IN SOME DEEP SHIT.

"If anyone asks where you got it from, it wasn't me."




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