On the General Studies exam paper on Monday, there was a question about Black Death and the plague that killed the Romans and how if an epidemic (omg swine flu!) started up, we’d be ill-equipped and could all pop our clogs… I don’t remember the question exactly but I think it was about how the situation now is different to how it was in Roman times. I said, in my answer: “I don’t know if kangaroos can catch the plague. *Hop!* *Sneeze! *Hop!* *Sneeze*” and I also drew a picture of a kangaroo hopping and sneezing. There was another question which asked about zoos and how some people think it’s good to keep animals in captivity for education and stuff whereas some people think “no, bog off, animals should be free”. I wrote a story about an ant and him wanting the free will to buy an ice cream but not being allowed to, until he realised the ice cream would kill him and he saw it for the better good that he didn’t get a Whippy. I’m deadly serious here. I managed to relate it to the question. Again, I drew a picture but it was of an ant nomming an ice cream (I did a little ‘zoom-in’ of the ant next to it so they knew it was an ant). My point being? I don’t like to fade in with the crowd.
I confess: I like people to notice me.