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The Day the Timetable Said – NO

At a high school nestled between a cafeteria serving existentialism on a plastic tray

and a school counselor’s office that comforted teachers more often than students.

There was her, the English teacher and undefeated warrior against grammar,

which changed more often than the school schedule.

Every morning, she arrived with a bag full of books and optimism.

When her colleagues sighed over the new timetable in the staff room,

she’d smile and say,

“Relax… life is beautiful, and every grade is just a metaphor.

After the test comes coffee or tea, and after a student's essay… a mental reset.”

But that day, when the school bell rang four times instead of three.

And no one was sure if the fourth class had ended

or the school year itself, something miraculous happened:

The board wrote “Enough is Enough” all by itself.

Chalk fell off the shelf. The class registers stammered.

And the PowerPoint – usually cooperative – refused to open.

All it said was: “Error 404: Teaching Motivation – Not found.”

And what did She do?

She took white chocolate from the drawer (the “in case of emergency” kind),

looked out the window into the imaginary schoolyard, and calmly said:

“It’ll get better. At the very least, we’re still alive.

Which means we can survive another test.

Or at least one more episode of a Spanish soap opera.”

Her colleagues stared in disbelief.

Then quietly, one by one, they put down their registers,

logged off social media,

and took their first real break in the past six months.

And for a moment, they all believedа

that after the rain, the sun might shine…

оr at least summer break.

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