Dr. Pritchard’s face cycled through confusion, despair, and finally, reluctant amusement. My mom’s face, however, stayed frozen in a rictus smile.
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“You never listen,” I said (reading from the script, but feeling it). “Correction,” Alex interrupted (not in the script). “You never communicate . UPD: try again.” To handle the friend who won't stop updating
I also caught Alex teaching Mom how to use a reaction GIF. She sent me a thumbs-up with an explosion behind it. I’ve never been more terrified. UPD: try again
Let me set the scene. I am seventeen. I have a solid B+ in English. I am not a child. So, when my mother—a woman whose idea of “cool slang” is saying “What’s the story, morning glory?” —announced she was coming with me to the intensive English Camp, I almost choked on my toast.