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DEAR MS HILLER,

YOU SAID YOU’LL ONLY READ OUR WRITING IF WE WANT YOU TO; THAT YOU’LL UNDERSTAND IF WE WISH TO KEEP IT PRIVATE.

TODAY I WANT TO WRITE ABOUT A STRANGE THING THAT HAPPENED.

MY FIRST MEMORY

NOTHING ABOUT ALAIN DE BOTTON, MS HILLER?

CLEO KISSED TODD CAMPBELL.

A MEMBER OF MY FAMILY

MY BEST FRIEND

‘FINISH THIS SENTENCE,’ YOU SAID. ‘LIFE’S TOO SHORT NOT TO . . .’

HI, MS HILLER.

THE THING I AM MOST SCARED OF

I SAW THE BOY AGAIN TODAY.

I KNOW WE HAVE A TOPIC TODAY . . .

MY FAVOURITE MEAL

LAST NIGHT, I DECIDED TO TRY TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH SOPH.

IT’S FRIDAY, MS H, AND I’M SLIGHTLY STRESSED.

I’M HOME NOW. I’M NOT IN CLASS. BUT I NEED TO TALK. I’M NERVOUS, MS HILLER.

MY FAVOURITE FLOWER IS THE PANSY

AT HOME, I WENT STRAIGHT UP TO FERGUS’S ROOM AND KNOCKED ON HIS DOOR.

IT’S MY SECOND DAY OF FRIENDLESSNESS, MS HILLER.

DEAR MS HILLER,

THE MOST INTERESTING PERSON IN CLASS TODAY

ALYSSA WROTE BACK TO ME!

THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE

I DON’T FEEL LIKE WRITING REAL STUFF TODAY, MS H.

I TRIED TO TALK TO CHELSEA-GRACE TODAY.

I’M SORRY, I KNOW I’M MEANT TO BE WRITING ABOUT HAPPY MEMORIES.

FRED AND I WERE SITTING UNDERNEATH THE CIDER GUM.

A HAPPY MOMENT

LAST NIGHT I WENT OUT WITH THE BURNIE STEAMPUNK SOCIETY.

IF I COULD SAY A SINGLE THING TO ANY PERSON OF MY CHOOSING, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

WHAT A WEEKEND I HAD, MS HILLER.

DEAR MS HILLER,

THE STEAMPUNK BALL

THERE’S MORE, MS HILLER.

ON THE MONDAY, CLEO LED ME TO THE GROUP’S NEW LUNCH SPOT, IN THE QUAD.

WHAT I DID LAST NIGHT

SOMETHING I’M WORRIED ABOUT RIGHT NOW

LAST NIGHT I WENT TO FISH FRENZY AGAIN WITH SOME OF THE STEAMPUNKERS.

HAPPY MONDAY, MS HILLER.

YOU’RE CONFUSED, AREN’T YOU?

THERE’S A WALL

THE BEST MEAL OF MY LIFE, TAKE TWO!

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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