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Robert： Yes； I will。 I like basketball enough to make me want to study hard。
Billy： yeah； school is not so bad if you can both study and play。
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Situation 6 Basketball
（David is sitting behind Robert and wants to talk about basketball。）
David： I heard your guys talking of basketball。 Who do you think is the greatest playerever？
Robert： That's easy。 It's Michael Jordan。
David： I don't think so。 I think it's Shaquille O'Neal。
Robert： What？ Shaq？ Jordan is very better than Shaq！
David： No way！ Jordan has more fancy moves； but Shaq is better。
Robert： Are you crazy？ Shaq is just big and that is all。 Jordan is the better shooter。 He hasbetter defense。 He is more fun to watch。 And he has won more championships。 How doyou say Shaq is better？
David： I don't know。
Robert： What your mean you don't know？
David： I mean I don't know much about basketball。 I just heard my older brother sayingShaq was the best。
Robert： You don't know much about basketball and you are fighting with me。 Are you ona basketball team？
David： No； I am in a chess club。
Robert： Chess club？ Then you should talk about chess and not basketball。
David： Sorry。 Hey； do you like chess？
Robert： I hate it。 It is the most boring game on earth。
David： You shouldn't say that！ It is really fun！
Robert： Okay； I'm sorry。 I promise not to talk about chess if you promise not to talk aboutbasketball。
David： Okay； I promise。
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Situation 7 First Period
（Robert's first period of the day is English class。 His teacher is Mr。Hubbard。 ）
Mr。 Hubbard （teacher）： Good morning； class！
Students： Good morning； Mr。 Hubbard。
Mr。 Hubbard （teacher）： Did all of you have a fun weekend？ How abut you； Robert？ Howwas your weekend？
Robert： It was pretty good。
Mr。 Hubbard （teacher）： Robert； this is an English language class。 Please speak a littlemore。 Tell us all about what you did on Saturday and Sunday。
Robert： Let's see。 On Saturday； I went out to dinner。
（Robert stops and doesn't say anything more。）
Mr。 Hubbard （teacher）： Will you tell the class and me where you went out to dinner andwhat you ate？
Robert： Yes。 I went to T。G。I。 Friday's with my parents and my friend Tommy。 I had thesteak with French fries and Tommy has spaghetti。 After dinner； we both had a big ball ofice cream for dessert。 And then we play video games and then。。。
（Mr。 Hubbard thinks that Robert will never stop talking and so stop him。）
Mr。 Hubbard （teacher）： Thank you； Robert。 That is enough。
Robert： But I thought you want to hear everything。 I have a lot more to tell you。
Mr。 Hubbard （teacher）： No； that would be fine。 Class； please open your books to page 56。Today； we are going to talk about。。。
（Robert interrupts Mr。 Hubbard。）
Robert： But Mr。 Hubbard； I still have a lot to say。
Mr。 Hubbard （teacher）： Good！ Then you can tell me what you thought of story at page 56。
Robert： I didn't read it。 I was busy。
Mr。 Hubbard （teacher）： Busy？ Busy eating ice cream？
Robert： No； Busy practicing basketball。 I am on the team。
Mr。 Hubbard （teacher）： I don't care！ All I care about is if you do your English homeworkor not！ I think I'll have to call your parents。
Robert： No； please don't。
Mr。 Hubbard （teacher）： Why not？
Robert： I promise my parents that I would get good grades and if they let me playbasketball。
Mr。 Hubbard （teacher）： Well； then you will have to study hard or I will call them nexttime。
Robert： Thank you so much。 I will study hard。 I promise。
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Situation 8 Second Period
（Robert's second period of the day is puter class。 His teacher is Mrs。 Crass。 ）
Mrs。 Crass： Class； please sit down。
Robert： Mrs。 Crass； can I go to the bathroom？
Mrs。 Crass： Of course not。 You just had a five minutes break； why didn't you go then？
Robert： I was busy getting ready for this class。
Mrs。 Crass： You should have been ready for this class last night。 You will just have to wait！
Robert： Okay； but can I show you my homework first？
Mrs。 Crass： Yes； of course you can。
（Robert takes a CD out of his backpack。）
Robert： I made a puter game called space killer。
Mrs。 Crass： How do you play it？
Robert： You are flying in the spaceship and you have to fight against aliens。
Mrs。 Crass： How do you win？
Robert： You can't ever kill all the aliens。 But whoever gets the most points wins。
Mrs。 Crass： And how do you score points？
Robert： You score points by killing aliens。 You get one point per alien and ten points fordestroying alien ship。
Mrs。 Crass： That sounds very violent！
Robert： No； it's just fun。 And most puter games now are much more violent than thisone。
Mrs。 Crass： Well then； let's see if it works。
（Robert takes his CD and puts it into a CD…ROM drive。）
Robert： Wow； that looks great。 You did a good job！ I'm giving you an A。
Mrs。 Crass： Thanks； Mrs。 Crass。
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Situation 9 Recess 1
（After his puter class； Robert gets a fifteen minute break that is calls 'recess'。）
Billy： Hey； Robert！ How were your classes？
Robert： They were great！ My English teacher； Mr。 Hubbard； gave me a second chance todo my homework。 And my puter teacher； Mrs。 Crass； really liked the puter gameI made。
（Billy looks a little sad。）
Billy： I wish I could say the same。 My history teacher hates me。 He says he is going tocall my Dad； so I can't play basketball。
Robert： Who is your history teacher？
Billy： Mr。 Cranston。
Robert： Oh； yeah！ I had him last year。 He was really mean。
Billy： Yes； he still is really mean。 He knows how much I like sports and still he is going tocall my Dad。
Robert： Maybe not。
Billy： What do you mean？
Robert： I mean last year I had the same problem。
Billy