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Johnny’s Failure — Part 2
Failure to Read the Textbooks and Take Notes
Next, Detective Frament went downstairs to the living room, and the Yankee fan was brought in for questioning.
“Okay, who are you: Derek Jeter or Alex Rodriguez?”
“Pardon me, Sir?”
“What’s your name, Son, and how do you know Johnny?”
“My name’s Larry, but everybody calls me Yogi.”
“And how do you know Johnny?”
“We used to be neighbors, and I sold him that car in the garage.”
“He paid money for that piece of crap?”
“That car’s going to be worth a lot of money some day. We work on it a couple nights a week.”
“Are you in the automotive program at school?”
“No, Sir.”
“So, in other words, you guys don’t know what the hell you’re doing.”
“Well, at first, we didn’t, but we’re starting to get the hang of it.”
“Shouldn’t you be studying a couple nights a week instead of playing around with this car?”
“We do. Johnny usually kicks me out around midnight, so he can get some reading done; then, I go home and do my work.”
