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Ride Up and Down the Worry Hill1. Wake up, get dressed and do school work at home 22. Get in the car, drive to school and return home 43. Stay in the car in the parking lot for 15 minutes 54. Drive to bus stop, wait for the bus, but not get in 65. Ride the bus to school but return home 66. Enter school, pick up assignments to take home 77. Go to class and stay for one class period 88. Stay in class half day, with one phone call to Mom.89. Stay in class half day, no phone calls to Mom 910. Stay in class all day, no phone calls to Mom 1011. Stay after school, Mom is late to pick up. 10
Ride Up and Down the Worry Hill1. Sharpen pencils into uneven lengths 22. Fold paper incorrectly 33. Spell two words incorrectly on purpose 54. Drop water on homework to leave smudge 65. Rip pages out of magazine and throw in garbage 86. Scribble over homework, hand in without erasing 97. Read out loud, make mistake on purpose 98. Make mistake on math assignment 109. Turn in incomplete work 10
Ride Up and Down the Worry Hill1. Go for drive with mother and cell phone 22. Go to mall with mother and cell phone 33. Mother drops off at mall, parks car, comes in 54. Mom drops off at mall w/cell phone, leaves 30 mins 65. At mall for 30 mins, no cell phone 86. At movie theater with cell phone and mom 87. At movie theater with cell phone and friend 98. At movie theater with no cell phone 99. Alone at movie theater, no cell phone 1010.Alone at movie theater, no cell phone, middle of row 10
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