Guess what time it is? It’s yearbook time. Don’t worry, I can hear you cheering in your seat as you read this, but I know deep down inside you are sulking. Your soul is inside being tormented by the fact that you won’t get as many signatures as other children. You are anxious. You fear that you will be embarrassed when you go ask people for a signature and they reject you. Even if it is a slight “I’m a little busy” or “Not now, maybe tomorrow”. You are sweating as you walk up to them, but take a chill-pill and realize this: year books are COMPLETELY irrelevant!
Think about it, does it really matter if Shamar Agabugabiola ,the most popular kid in school, signs it? You need to realize that these books are not to be treated as popularity contests, but instead as books that will remind you of some of your childhood once you are grown up. The dictionary definition of a yearbook is an annual publication giving current information and listing events or aspects of the previous year, especially in a particular field. Do you see anything in this passage about being the most popular? No, you don’t. Because there is not. The next time you are trying to get a signature and you feel nervous, remember this passage and that if you don’t get it, just brush it off as if it were a fly on your shoulder because it really doesn’t matter.
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