↓ TranscriptChapter 27 (Emily, viewed from behind, with a blank sheet of paper taped to the back of her jumper.) —- Alt text: winter uniform once again
Chapter 27
↓ TranscriptMr Rosenfeld: OK tute – we don’t have anything that really needs doing today… And I don’t know about you but I am quite tired of heads-down-thumbs-up. Alison: Ugh! Yeah! Abe: Why do we even play that? Jad: No[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptMr Rosenfeld: Please join in, Emily. I think this might be very good for you. Emily: Yeah, just a sec. I really want to write this thing down. Abe: In all fairness, I think Emily should be allowed to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: I don’t know why I said all that. I didn’t mean to get this bad, honestly. I really only meant to stay out of everyone’s way, and if anyone was mean to me I’d be mean back, but…[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptMr Rosenfeld: Well it’s just about lunchtime now, so you can stop and see what everybody wrote. Mr Rosenfeld: … Emily: … (Emily reads the following off her piece of paper:) Your very smart [sic] Good apology I admire[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: Poor Mr Rosenfeld… he’s just trying to give us a positive, feel-good exercise, and there I go ruining everything… I was sure he would say something added – tell me off, or congratulate me on apologising maybe, or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: Hey! Arsehole! Skateboard teen: Heh heh! Dee: I don’t suppose you’ll apologise to them, though. Emily: Of course not. You’re not suggesting I should? I haven’t wronged them. They’ve instigated all our encounters. Dee: No, no, I know[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: Because I’m curious. Why not? What are your skills? What are your good qualities? What do you like about yourself? Dee: … Emily: Well? Dee: I’m thinking. … (They walk past several houses.) Dee: … I’m … um[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ Transcript(They get home, walk to Emily’s front door, and go inside.) Emily: Are you stillthinking? Dee: What? No, I – aren’t we done? Emily: So much for a list! Dee: But I – Emily: You can think of more,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: I dunno. Positive? Dee: Yeah but according to whose valuation? Emily: Uh… yours? Dee: Well, I think I’m a very neutral entity. Emily: Can you think of many negative things about yourself? Dee: Yes of course. Emily: Then[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…