“Aren't we supposed to get them on August 15th?” responded Grace. “Sure, I can drive everyone to the campus,” I offered.
When August 15th came around, I drove my friends to the Riverland Community College campus in Owatonna. We'd all been there before to create our schedule for the upcoming semester. The three of us walked through the doors and into the bookstore. Usually when I hear the word “bookstore” I get excited, but I knew this bookstore was going to be very different from the bookstores I was used to. As we walked into the bookstore, there were two ladies behind the desk making small talk. “Can you believe it's already August?” exclaimed the middle-aged woman who was to my left.
“I know! Crazy how fast the summer goes!” responded the elderly woman on my right. They just had to bring that up as three teenagers, who were savoring their summer break, walked in. “Hello, we are here to get are textbooks” I said, more rudely than I intended. I didn't mean to direct my irritation at them, it …show more content…
I showed her my PSEO schedule and she walked over to the books. Grace, Jasmine, and I all followed her and listened as she explained how to find our books. She handed me the three textbooks I would be needing for the semester. I figured my friends would be on their own since she had told us how to find our books. Thankfully, the elderly lady was nice enough to help them gather their textbooks as well. At first glance, my three textbooks didn’t look too different from anything I had in high school. The English book and History book were a little thinner than I was used to, but the inside is what matters. I walked up to the counter to let the nice, elderly lady ring up my textbooks. As she scanned the textbooks in, I turned to my friends and noticed their different