Miss Grende: A Short Story

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The hawk is a nickname we give to one of the most hated teacher, Miss Grende. She got this name, because she is always watching everyone with her old blood-flecked eyes, waiting for trouble. Waiting to swoop in and destroy the already miserable students lives. At first glance she might seem innocent, but don’t let her miniature high deserve you. At her age you would expect her to already have one foot in the grave, but she seems to live beyond the natural lifespan. She roams the corridors, squinting at students, because her eyesight is falling faster then everyone’s grades. She has no real purpose, she doesn’t teach, the only thing she’s good at it pointing her crooked dirty fingers at students and screaming with her trembling voice, “ Detention!”

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