

The deal was, if you were the fastest runner in your class, you got all the girls.Īnd in the fifth grade, the fastest runner was Ronnie McCoy. It used to be a whole lot simpler back in elementary school. Man, I don't know WHAT is up with girls these days. \"Greg, will you please pass this note to Shelly? Why, But I guess if I do that, it just proves I didn't learn anything from last year. \"Is this seat taken? Yes! yes!\" Next period, I should just sit in the middle ofĪ bunch of hot girls as soon as I step in the room. Jason Brill came in late and almost sat to my right, but luckily I stopped that from happening at the last second. \" So in this class, I got stuck with Chris Hosey in front

You walk into the classroom and just plunk your stuff down on any old deskĪnd the next thing you know the teacher is saying- \"I hope you all like where you're sitting, because these are your permanent seats. On the first day of school, you got to be real careful where you sit. By the way, let me give you some good advice. So I figured I might as well write in this book to pass the Today is the first day of school, and right now we're just waiting around for the teacher to hurry up and finish the seating chart. But thenĪgain, I guess that would mean kids like Chirag Gupta would still be in the first grade. If it was up to me, grade levels would be based on height, not age. \"Outta my way, Runts!\" And then they wonder why bullying is such a big problem in middle school. You got kids like me who haven't hit their growth spurt yet mixed in with these gorillas who need to

Let me just say for the record that I think middle school is the dumbest idea ever invented. I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons. \" Like I said, I'll be famous one day, but for now Were you always so smart and handsome? Here's my journal. \"Gregory! Tell us about your childhood!. The only reason I agreed to do this at all is because I figure later on when I'm rich and famous, I'll have better things to do than answer people's stupid questions all day long. So just don'tĮxpect me to be all \"Dear Diary\" this and \"Dear Diary\" that. But if she thinks I'm going to write down my \"feelings\" in here or whatever, she's crazy. The other thing I want to clear up right away is that this was MOM's idea, not mine. All I need is for some jerk to catch me carrying this book around and get the wrong idea. Mom went out to buy this thing I SPECIFICALLY told her to get one that didn't say \"diary\" on it. I know what it says on the cover, but when Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1)Jeff Kinney SEPTEMBER Tuesday First of all, let me get something straight: This is a JOURNAL, not a diary.
