“The Round 1 Scene Premise/Prompt:
Your PROTAGONIST and his or her LOVE INTEREST are at odds. One of the protagonist’s schemes has gone terribly awry, and the love interest has had it. Write a scene in which they have it out – but in an unconventional way. Their words seem measured and reasonable; but the subtext says another thing entirely. You may use additional characters other than the ones specified.
Note From Contest Management:
This is going to take some crafty, non-on the nose…
I had grades. Sue me.
Tonight, I took the kid to the climbing gym for the first time. On the way from the truck to the gym:
Kid:…
look at what these teachers did. they had to insert their own opinions (‘gee, should I lie about being gay to little kids?’ ‘should I post possibly anti-religious articles to my blog if I work at a religious school?’
Hmm.
the important thing is to teach, not indoctrinate. Magic tricks???? Dude. In Florida, where they think you can magic yourself around the mall?
Karen Salazar is probably a warm and caring person, but where is the grammar?
Gay guy: right impulse, I love my…
who woulda thought?
from ‘Careerist’, where it is said that whatever you’re making at 40 is the most you’re going to make:
“the salary curve for most people in their 20s is very steep. Then it starts to flatten in the 30s, and then you get into the land of the 3% raise. In real dollars, those 3% raises are not actually raises, they are just keeping up with inflation.”
and what to do about it:
”1. Go where the men are. To be precise, pay tops out at age 38 for women ($61K) and age…
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Hi. When elitists like Guggenheim support a system for all, ALL kids in public schools (not just
the ones with smart/info
Was that too rough?
Try this:
I will pay $20 to the charity of your choice if you ask and get an answer to this question: if Guggenheim thinks teaching is so important. why isn’t HE a teacher in a public school? For another twenty, ask this: does he have any friends who support themselves as public…




