In the passage from Boy's Life, it is explaining to you that having patience can be difficult. The main character, Cory Mackenson, just wants to bolt out of the classroom and start his summer vacation. He is eager to have no homework, go on adventures, and be lazy. He does not have a lot of patience, so when the bell rings that makes it even worse because the teacher won’t let the class leave the classroom until she excuses them. It also touches on the subject of how new situations can be hard. When Mrs. Neville calls Corey up after the bell rings she asks him to try the writing contest. In this case Corey may not be willing to try it because he has never done it before, he is hesitant because he may not like trying new things, but maybe he
