My challenge entry is now live <img src="/images/emoticons/hello2.gif" alt="hello1">

www.storiesspace.com/stories/drama/-back-to-school-challenge-after-theyd.aspx


And it is sweet! <img src="/images/emoticons/hello.gif" alt="hello2">

Go read it, please.

Back to School Challenge:

Submit an original story, poem or song that has for its subject a return to school.

The start of a new school year is here for a lot of people, so to go along with it, here is the Back to School Challenge.

The story can be about anyone of any age returning to school, including teachers and school support staff.

It can be presented from the point of view of parents or guardians sending children off to school.

Starting school for the first time ever is acceptable, as it will be assumed the child will continue going to school after the first day.

It can be about switching schools during the school year, or about returning to school after an absence, such as a hospital stay, or returning to school as an adult, etc.

Guidelines for the challenge:

- The text must be written for this challenge and not already published here or elsewhere
- There is no deadline to the challenge
- Preface your title with Back to School Challenge
- Include backtoschool as a tag
- Submit your story via the story submission link on the home page
- Mention must be made in the text of the season or time of year
- Something that was learned from going to school or at school must be included*
- Word count is minimum 200 words, maximum 2500
- Categories : Children's, Flash Fiction, General, Humour, Memoirs, Musings, Plays, Poetry, Romance, Songs and Young Adult
- It should be suitable for all ages, so keep that in mind in terms of language etc
- All the site rules apply

* For example, my god-son informed his mother after his first week at school that he was going to be a teacher when he was big, because "the teacher stands at the front of the class and doesn't do anything, we have to do all the work". First lesson learned right there!

Any questions ? You know the drill, raise your hand and ask them!
Just kidding, ask the questions here.

Have fun!

Rain storm

https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/plays/-moon-challenge-space-port-alpha-.aspx

Tried it on my phone instead of my laptop & it works :)

Must be some weird setting on my laptop. I’m not tech savvy <img src="/images/emoticons/eusa_doh.gif" alt="d&#39;oh!">

Thanks for the suggestions x


Hmm, I don't know either, but my laptop is *old* (2012 cripes this is mind numbing BS) and there are things I cannot do, sign into, change passwords etc, with it.

But switching to my relatively new/recent tablet, (less than 12 months), I can do those things.

So maybe, just maybe, it could be more the *age* of your lap top, rather than anything else.

<img src="/images/emoticons/help.gif" alt="help"> this calculated means of making sure *we* have to keep updating and buying the newest and neediest and most annoying systems, devices, thingies is maddening.

They only want lasting peace.

Hair straight back and dancing.

Dancing with joy, Dave's back!

<img src="/images/emoticons/wave.gif" alt="wave">

And you are welcome, Keith, for my prompt that pointed you in the right direction. <img src="/images/emoticons/icon_geek.gif" alt="geek">

Bien sur, c’est l’anglo-français CONCORDE (merci ma chérie Anna pour l’allusion)

7 letters - ancient body ostensibly for all people

Keith, c'est "Anna, ma chérie", or "Ma chère Anna". <img src="/images/emoticons/icon_geek.gif" alt="geek">

And we do not know if my supposition is correct, or yours.

A suivre, or,

en anglais...

to be continued.

Me ? geek geek geek geek

all in good fun ...

<img src="/images/emoticons/angel7.gif" alt="angel7">

I'm going for...

RACECAR

8 Letters... A high speed European agreement.

Eight letters, high speed...

Eurostar ???

Looked in the mirror earlier. My eyes looked strange - wait, no!

They look normal, not half swollen shut as was the case for the last three weeks!

Seriously, can allergy season be easing off, at last?

I really hope so, for myself and all the allergy sufferers here.

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