6. Extracurricular Activity
Lawndale High School, 12:34 PM
Having had a ‘discussion’ with her parents the previous
night, in which she was roped into having some kind of extracurricular
activity, Daria entered the office.
“How may I help you, Ms. Morgendorffer?” the assistant
asked.
“I’m looking for a list of the extracurricular activities
that are available.”
“Oh.”
“Is there such a list?” Daria asked.
“I’ll have to look.”
“Sure.”
Five minutes later, the assistant came back. “Turns out,
there is a list. I suppose Ms. Li had it put together for some reason.”
“I guess so,” Daria said as she took that list. She
looked at it as she left without saying anything more to the office assistant.
1111 Glen Oaks Lane 8:13 PM
Daria sat in the kitchen looking over the list while her
mother was looking over her shoulder. “There has to be something interesting
there,” Helen said.
There was a large number of activities Lawndale High
students engaged in.
Fashion Club
Talk about the latest trends…
‘Indeed, that seems to be all that Quinn and her new
friends seem to do together,’ Daria thought. She looked further down the list.
Programming Club
Talk about programming languages and practice coding.
‘Not what I’m into,’ she thought. Her interests were more
‘soft’.
Chess Club
Play and discuss strategies for Chess.
‘Maybe if I can’t find anything else.’
“Have you found anything?” her mother asked.
“Some may be interesting,” Daria said, guardedly. She
didn’t like her mother’s challenging tone.
“I’ll give you some time.”
‘Just not much time.’
Creative Writing Club
Discuss the art of creative writing and share and
critique short stories.
That was more up her ally! But she was sure Mr. O’Neill
was involved somehow. ‘If nothing else, though.’
Anime Club
‘No.’
Daria went through the entire list. The number of
actually interesting activities, including the Creative Writing Club, were very
few.
There was the Lawndale Lowdown, if she was able to
chose a column which suited her. There was also the History Club, but she
wasn’t sure what sort of history they talked about. Or there was the French
Club. Her admittedly poor French could use some practice.
‘One of those,’ she decided.
Lawndale High October 20th, 8:34 AM
Daria entered the office.
“Ms. Morgendorffer?” the assistant asked.
“I’m joining an extra-curricular activity,” Daria said
quietly.
“Ms. Li will be glad to hear that!”
“I’m not surprised,” Daria said as she handed over the
list with the activity in question marked.
“The Creative Writing Club?”
“Yes. More ‘low key’ than the Lowdown and I don’t
know how many tournaments the Chess Club would hold.”
“Sure, Sure,” the assistant said. “Done. You are now in
the Creative Writing Club.”
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