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Nothing But the Truth
by AVI
Ninth grader Philip Malloy is forbidden to join the track team because
of his failing grades in English class. Convinced that the teacher
just doesn't like him, Philip concocts a plan to get transferred
into a different homeroom. Instead of standing silently during the
national anthem, he hums along. And ends up on trial.
Excerpt:
Monday, April 2
8:05 A.M.
Transcript
From the Jake Barlow Talk Show
JAKE BARLOW: Okay. Okay. Here we go! All sorts of things we can
talk about. Wanting-and waiting-to hear from you on WLRB, your talk
radio with your loudmouthed host Jake Barlow ready to take you on.
Ready. Willing. And able! All kinds of things going on. We can talk
about that demonstration in Washington. I don't know about that.
I don't know. Bunch of…Hey, what do you think about that point-shaving
scandal over at that university in the Midwest? Come on, guys, is
that an education or what? Then there's the president, who's said
he would be an education president. But he's got his work cut out
for him. I'm telling you because here's a bit of a story, that came
in over the wires. Now, listen up! This is America. I mean it! WLRB
asking you—Jake Barlow asking you—what you think of this.
Now, remember, I'm not making this up. None of it. I', reading
it!
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