Aching back.
What’s new?

Broken pencil.
What’s new?

	Crappy food.
What’s new?

	Daydreaming in class.
What’s new?

	Evil teachers.
What’s new?

	Failed test.
What’s new?

	Goodie-goodie suck-ups.
What’s new?

Heavy textbooks.
What’s new?

	Insolent crowds.
What’s new?	

	Jammed locker.
What’s new?

	Kids screaming.
What’s new?

	Late project.
What’s new?

	Misplaced notebooks.
What’s new?

	Notes that don’t make sense.
What’s new?

	Overdue books.
What’s new?

	Packed bus.
What’s new?

	Quit the cheerleading squad.
What’s new?

Ruined binders.
What’s new?

	School sucks.
What’s new?

	Tired eyes.
What’s new?

Unfinished homework.
What’s new?

	Violent tempers.
What’s new?

	Why is it my fault?
What’s new?

	Xerox copies of a Xeroxed test.
What’s new?

	Zilch. Zip. Zero.
What’s new?	

Day after day, after day, after day, after day...
The same stuff.
The same crowds.
The same classes.
The same teachers.
The same friends.
The same routine.
The same life.

What’s new?
N O T H I N G

So, think again before you ask me...

w h a t 
i s
n e w
?