Author(s)

Vicki Austin

Document Type

Blog

Publication Date

7-26-2020

Abstract

I pulled my emergency backpack closer as the bus swerved from side to side. A half-eaten Hershey bar, a handful of Band Aids, two-thirds of a bottle of hand sanitizer, five packets of Oreos and one broken pencil completed the inventory. My straining eyes pressed against the rain-spattered window, seeking a place to evacuate all 16 second graders and their parents to shelter. Five packets of Oreos multiplied by the four Oreos in each packet equaled 20 Oreos. Divide those by 16 kids and you get you get well, what you get is a riot.

Keywords

Erma Bombeck, humor writing, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, University of Dayton


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