So Much Unfairness of Things

So Much Unfairness of Things

The story So Much Unfairness of Things was a great story about a confused boy named P.S. he attended the Virginia Preparatory School. The story started out with him at school talking to a “toad” about how they will get treated differently than the upperclassmen. In the end he asks him if he is going to kill the test. P.S. was really nervous about the Latin exam. He was scared that he was going to fail it and his father would be ashamed of him. His father and his father’s father had attended Virginia Preparatory School. He felt like if he didn’t pass the exam then his dad would be mad.
He hasn’t passed the exam yet and he feels that he will not pass it again this time, he says he studies really hard but just get pass it for some reason. Through out the day, he asks people around him if they think they are going to kill the test or not. His best friend Charlie is with him parts of the story and they are both talking about the exam. When its time for the exam, P.S. is nervous and doesn’t know what to do. He looks at his test and it looks impossible. He remembers that he still has his notes in his desk and he could easily get to them without someone noticing. He gets out his notes and copies them to his exam. He feels extremely guilty and wrong. What he didn’t know is that the person next to him knew he was cheating.
He feels awful after leaving the classroom, he didn’t know if he should turn himself in or just act like nothing happen. Then, he gets turned in by his classmate and sent to the head of school. He asked P.S. if he cheated and he said yes. P.S. confessed that he was going to turn himself in but it was just a matter of time. He finds out that his friend Jumbo. P.S. gets expelled for cheating on the Latin exam. He knows that he shouldn’t have cheated and it was the biggest mistake of his life. He later talks with his dad about cheating and his expulsion. His dad doesn’t seem that angry about it and comforts his son. P.S. says goodbye to Charlie and he finally calls his father “dad”.
I really enjoyed reading this story because it was a way to teach kids that is dumb to cheat and also it’s not that bad to read. It’s a well-written story about the after affects of cheating and how it could be a very bad turnout. I think expulsion is a big deal, and if caught cheating one time you get expelled from certain schools. I don’t think that is fair at all. If anything you should get suspended, then if you get caught doing it again you should get expelled. Just don’t cheat and you wont have to deal with all that.