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This is a nice piece of writing onehunna - and I don't say that randomly.
I know the student is not having petit mal seizures -- but I have known people who have 100 little seizures over an hour and miss parts of what people say. That's what the blinking reminds me of. I don't think the student is stoned -- maybe in another kind of altered - alienated state. You get called down to the principal's office and regardless of what kind of principal she is, you are completely disconnected. Disconnected from both others and your own experience of asking for a candy. A great short chapter in a young adult novel in which I would hope to see the character emerge from dissociation and begin to connect with someone. What do you think? Tell us more.