“WHAT!? YOU DROP OUT!?” Linda screech.
Alex told his mother that he quite the schools Soccer Club because he wanted to try something different. He prepared himself mentally because he knew that his mother would blow a gasket.
“Mom, I don’t like soccer! For the longest time I never like it, I only play soccer because you told me too and I’m not even good at it” Alex said.
“I’m your mother, young man and I know what’s best for you!” Linda snaps.
Alex felt pure rage inside his chest and ended up screaming at his mother.
“NO!, IT’S ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT, YOU NEVER THINK ABOUT WHAT I WANT”
Alex stops and saw the anger on Linda’s face. She grabs his by his arm and drags to his room and shoves him inside.
“I’m going to have a talk with your coach and you will be back on the soccer team!” Linda yells.
She slams the door, leaving a crying Alex on the floor.
Linda tried to get her son back on the soccer team, but the coach say that Alex can’t rejoin the team again because he quite.
Linda even tried to bribe the coach, but was met with hostility and was told if she tries to pull that again on a other school staff member she would be reported and removed from the PTA.
Now, Alex is looking for a new club to join. One club caught his eye, it was the Cooking Club the description said has followed:
Do you like food? Do enjoy cooking and seeing others enjoying your food?
Come and join the Cooking Club Today!
Please note that Grades between 5 and 8 may only join
That sounds like fun! Alex signs the sheet on the board were it says: Joining Cooks.
The next day after school Alex walks into the Home Ed classroom and saw River and Frisk.
This made Alex very happy.
During the next three weeks in the Cooking Club was all about food safety, proper knife handling, cutting techniques, cross-contamination, etc.
On the fourth week everyone was ready to start cooking and the first thing they were going to cooking was Beef, Vegetable Soup.
The club was split into two groups.
Group 1 was cutting the beef into bite-sized cubes and getting the broth ready.
Group 2 was cutting the vegetables. Frisk, River Alex were in this group.
Frisk and cutting an onions; and was crying too.
River was cutting the green beans
and Alex cutting the carrots.
Alex wasn’t hold the carrot right and ended up cutting his finger.
He runs over to the stink and runs cold water over his cut like he was taught. The clubs teacher helps him put a band-aid on his cut and Frisk got him a new knife, cutting board and carrot.
He thanked the teacher and Frisk and when back to cutting the carrots again.
On Wednesday, the PTA meeting.
Linda walked in the meeting with a very ticked off look.
She wrote on the white board: Cooking Club
“Alright everyone, lets call this meeting to order” She said.
“Now, I’m proposing that new have to disband the Cooking Club” Linda was with a smile.
The PTA members looked at each other confusing.
Kenny Earnheart spoke up “Why do you want to disband the Cooking Club? It’s only been a few weeks”
“It’s really dangerous and the children could get hurt” She reply.
“Didn’t the club teacher went over safety?” one of the members said.
“Is this all about Alex cutting himself?” River spoke up, and everyone look at her and back at Linda.
“No, this-” Linda was cut off by River.
“YES, it is” She said.
Everyone was starting to frown.
“So what? He hurt himself and he was fine” Sans said.
Linda face was turning red.
“He could have cut off his finger and not to mention that cooking is for girls and-”
“Cooking is a life lesson, Linda. He has to learn and everyone in that club has too know. His mother isn’t gonna be around forever to cooking for him” Sans said to her.
Now everyone was looking at her with an expression that said: Are really that stupid.
“Cooking isn’t just for girls, Linda. This isn’t the 1950s” Kenny adds.
Linda was steaming now and erases the white board.Â
