On Monday, they were all buzzing among themselves.
“How do you think you did?”
“Well, I did ok on the English, but wow!! That math! There were problems that I had no idea what they were talking about. Someone said they had to do with Calculus. We don’t have calculus here.”
“Yeah, me too, I bet I didn’t make 400 on the Math.”
Jason felt he did ok and was anxious to get the results back. But even if he didn’t do good enough on the SAT, he could always go for a year or two to Wytheville Community College. That’s where he’d probably go anyway. He could live at home, and find a part-time job.
The last remnants of the beautiful yellow and scarlet leaves had fallen from the trees. Now the denuded branches appeared as only stark silhouettes against the sky. But Christmas was near. He s
