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Johnny’s Failure — Part 3

Jim LaBate
3 min readJul 26, 2019

Failure to Do Homework and Turn In Assignments

After Yogi left the room, Detective Frament called for the pizza guy. Still wearing the company’s baseball cap, he, too, faced the detective.

“So you must be Papa John?”

“No, actually, I’m not, but I wish I were.”

“Alright, ditch the hat, Ace, and tell me your name.”

“Sam.”

“And how do you know Johnny?”

“We were in some of the same classes, and we work together.”

“Where?”

“At the pizza place; in fact, I got him the job.”

“How many hours a week does Johnny work there?”

“Not that many: maybe 20 to 25, mostly on the weekend.”

“And what classes did you take with Johnny?”

“We took Philosophy on campus, and we took Composition I online.”

“Online? What does that mean?”

“It means we never have to go to class. We do all the work on our computers whenever we want to; it’s great.”

“You get to do the work whenever you want to?”

“Pretty much. Sure, there’s a few deadlines, but no biggie. Johnny was a little skeptical at first, too, but I’m a computer whiz, so I…

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Jim LaBate
Jim LaBate

Written by Jim LaBate

Jim LaBate is a retired writer and teacher who worked primarily in The Writing Center at Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC) in Troy, New York.

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