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On What I Learned This Week

The Mom: So let’s review. What are 5 things you each learned this week?
The 12 y.o.: #1: I stink at running away from home. #2: When I do chemical reactions, they tend to explode #3: I learned that I can fake a good lithp (lisp) #4: Don’t call your best friend’s home line at 11pm on a school night. #5: And finally, I learned during a silent test, don’t fart.

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