The bell rang, cutting their teacher off mid-sentence, and the students began stuffing books and papers into their backpacks.  There was a sense of urgency in their movements, as if somehow the clock might change its mind if they dallied.

“We’ll pick up from where we left off on Tuesday,” Mr. Simmons called out over the noise.  “Everyone please read pages two hundred forty to two hundred fifty-six in the text, and have a nice long weekend.  Don’t work too hard!”  This last he said with a. . .

The bell rang, cutting their teacher off mid-sentence, and the students began stuffing books and papers into their backpacks.  There was a sense of urgency in their movements, as if somehow the clock might change its mind if they dallied.

“We’ll pick up from where we left off on Tuesday,” Mr. Simmons called out over the noise.  “Everyone please read pages two hundred forty to two hundred fifty-six in the text, and have a nice long weekend.  Don’t work too hard!”  This last he said with a. . .

The bell rang, cutting their teacher off mid-sentence, and the students began stuffing books and papers into their backpacks.  There was a sense of urgency in their movements, as if somehow the clock might change its mind if they dallied.

“We’ll pick up from where we left off on Tuesday,” Mr. Simmons called out over the noise.  “Everyone please read pages two hundred forty to two hundred fifty-six in the text, and have a nice long weekend.  Don’t work too hard!”  This last he said with a. . .

The bell rang, cutting their teacher off mid-sentence, and the students began stuffing books and papers into their backpacks.  There was a sense of urgency in their movements, as if somehow the clock might change its mind if they dallied.

“We’ll pick up from where we left off on Tuesday,” Mr. Simmons called out over the noise.  “Everyone please read pages two hundred forty to two hundred fifty-six in the text, and have a nice long weekend.  Don’t work too hard!”  This last he said with a. . .