We took part in the county-wide earthquake drill today at school.
Told you my life was exciting.
But the actual drill wasn't the interesting/funny part. It's kind of what would happen in the case of a real emergency (not that a natural disaster is, in any way, humorous...but just hear me out).
So, the first day of school, I walk into my government class, and we get to choose where we sit. I was one of the first people to class, since my previous one was, literally, right next door. So I and one of my friends got first dibs. We sat on the right side of the room (if we were to look toward the front).
For the rest of the seven-minute passing period (even though it really wasn't seven minutes, since it was the first day...it was more like nine minutes.), the rest of my class trickled in and we figured out the logistics of our seating chart (my teacher wants us to sit boy-girl-boy-girl in EVERY direction). So class starts. My teacher walks in and she smiles and point to the right side (the side I was on) and said that we were the smart ones. We all look at each other confusedly, so my teacher said "Let me explain."
She walks to the aisle that separates the two groups of tables and explains how the fault line of the school runs right down the middle of the groups of desks. Meaning that if the building were to experience an earthquake, it would collapse at the line. Specifically the left side of the line. So everyone who had to sit on the left side would probably die in the event of a real earthquake. Thus making us, on the right side, the smarter, more likely to survive bunch of students.
Except I'm on the very edge of the right side, like six inches from the fault line. So maybe I'll die too.
So while we were preparing ourselves for the drill, we, on the right side, were commenting on if we should leave the left side inside the building while the rest of us went outside to line up. Since, you know, they probably wouldn't be alive to make it outside. But we let them out anyway.
Interesting story for today is over. Tomorrow is Friday. Weekend should be interesting. I'll tell you about it in the next blog, though. I promise to actually put one up tomorrow. Especially since I won't be able to put one up until Sunday afternoon. We're not doing that two weeks in a row.
Listening to: more Hans Zimmer. This guy is magic. Also listening to my conscience telling me that I need to finish my English and Calculus homework. Should probably do that.
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