The Report Card There are many characters in this story. The main character is a girl named Nora. Some other characters are her friend Stephan, her teachers, principal Hackney, her parents and the other kids in the school. When Nora was just toddler, her sister took out an Elmo puzzle. Nora came over and figured out where every single piece went. Back then she read perfectly and was extra talented. But as she got older she began keeping her intelligence a secret. In preschool she followed around a boy named Stephan to make it look like she had as much trouble as he did in school, when she really had no problem at all. Then, Stephan and Nora became friends! But over the years Stephan changed. By fifth grade he was like a completely different person. Now he was in a competition for grades, he was worried about little tiny projects and how other people do on them. So Nora decides to get all D’s on her next report card to show Stephan that grades don’t really show how smart you are it’s what you know that counts. But she has noidea how much trouble she’ll get into. Her parents get all mad because she got such low grades and the school didn’t give them a heads-up before they sent home those horrible grades. Nora goes to many meetings with the principal and is angry and tired at each one. When the pressure builds up she lets it all come out. She becomes the genius she was always meant to be. But on her next three tests, she got zeros. She has another meeting with the principal and that meeting gave her ideas. Stephan and her form a plan to go on a mission to tell all of the kids in the school to get zeros. Their plan is put into action. The next test they had would have two teams, as always Stephan and Nora were on the same team. Their team had only two players that didn’t get zeros on the test. It really messed up the school. Stephan and Nora decide to speak in front of their team and tell them that their sorry and that they made a mistake. She tells her mom that she doesn’t want to be in the gifted program because she likes to be normal. At the end of the story Nora and Stephan are happy that it’s all over.
There are many characters in this story. The main character is a girl named Nora. Some other characters are her friend Stephan, her teachers, principal Hackney, her parents and the other kids in the school.
When Nora was just toddler, her sister took out an Elmo puzzle. Nora came over and figured out where every single piece went. Back then she read perfectly and was extra talented. But as she got older she began keeping her intelligence a secret. In preschool she followed around a boy named Stephan to make it look like she had as much trouble as he did in school, when she really had no problem at all. Then, Stephan and Nora became friends! But over the years Stephan changed. By fifth grade he was like a completely different person. Now he was in a competition for grades, he was worried about little tiny projects and how other people do on them. So Nora decides to get all D’s on her next report card to show Stephan that grades don’t really show how smart you are it’s what you know that counts. But she has no idea how much trouble she’ll get into. Her parents get all mad because she got such low grades and the school didn’t give them a heads-up before they sent home those horrible grades. Nora goes to many meetings with the principal and is angry and tired at each one. When the pressure builds up she lets it all come out. She becomes the genius she was always meant to be. But on her next three tests, she got zeros. She has another meeting with the principal and that meeting gave her ideas. Stephan and her form a plan to go on a mission to tell all of the kids in the school to get zeros. Their plan is put into action. The next test they had would have two teams, as always Stephan and Nora were on the same team. Their team had only two players that didn’t get zeros on the test. It really messed up the school. Stephan and Nora decide to speak in front of their team and tell them that their sorry and that they made a mistake. She tells her mom that she doesn’t want to be in the gifted program because she likes to be normal. At the end of the story Nora and Stephan are happy that it’s all over.