THE END OF A NEW BEGINNING !!!

They are all in the classroom when suddenly Stutts tell Emery to turn up the tv. Ther they were the news saying that Tucker suicide himself after being interrogated by the police about Stutts. Stutts yells in rage super angry not believing what just happened. So sad and angry with himself he pointe the gun in his hand up to his head when suddenly Jake jumps over and tackles Stutts avoiding for Patrick to see his dad shooting a bullet down his head. They fight and struggle, Jake tries to reach the gun when BUM!!! There he was jake laying on the ground with blood over his chest and Emery runs over him crying and yelling while she sees a little thing running out of the door, Mr.Worley (classroom’s pet) followed by Patrick. As soon as Patrick is out they all hear a shot, Stutts goes running towards Patrick’s body therefore they all hear a shot again watching a huge body go down in a flash. Everything happens so fast, Jake gets onto an ambulance as well as Patrick and Stutts’ body laying on the ground. As soon as Emery gets checked out by the paramedics she immediately heads to to the hospital were Jake and Patrick are. Emery’s mother tells her that Jake was in surgery and that Patrick is fine. When Emery arrives to intensive care at the hospital she gets a huge relief when she finds out that Jake is okey. Just when Jake wakes up Emery is there beside him in a chair, she tells him the story after he got shot in the chest. When patrick runned for Mr.Worley a bullet touched Patrick’s head and he had a concussion, he got shot by a new , young officer that was scared and just pulled the trigger and thank God he didn't hit the “target”. So patrick was fine but Stutts got shot after he ran for his son getting shot to death. Emery then told Jake that she wanted to be his girlfriend again and that she missed him. Everything ended almost well, a new couple , no dead children but to dead adults. This was “THIS IS NOT A DRILL” , the end of a new beginning.

QUOTES

“Tucker! Oh god, no! he yells, bending over and gripping his gut like he's been punched.

“I didn't answer,” Stutts  moans, sinking into a chair, his face all twisted. “I didn't answer the phone.”

This was when Stutts found out that his best friend, Tucker was dead and he felt guilty because minutes before Tucker had called to his phone but Stutts ignored him  hanging him out not knowing that after that he would kill, himself.After this Stutts was about to do the same but Jake stopped him. I bet that must feel awful, the fact that a friend needed your help and guidance and the next you know he is dead. That is indeed, a terrible feeling, I wonder if soldiers feel the same way when they lose their friends in war.

CONCLUSION

This was a great book although a pretty rough ending. The book definitely appeals to your feelings and makes you feel like you are in the class. I could perfectly visualize the events in the book at all time. I loved the intensity and action that this book had and so it's a great story to be the first author's nobel it is pretty impressive and a big accomplishment for Beck McDowell because she nailed it.  I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is searching for a great story , easy and not extremely long. I congratulate the author for making a great story, again her first one , and simply outstanding. “THIS IS NOT A DRILL “  was definitely awesome because it has a hole bunch of factors  like it's appealing to the readers emotions that make the book great!!!

An important lesson to learn about

Just after Jake almost got caught taking the picture of the classroom, he then immediately sends the picture to his friend Cole through Mrs.Campbell’s phone.Jake told Cole through facebook in the computer to check out the picture that he had taken but he told Cole not to do anything with the police yet. Since the school day already should have been over, Emery told them to get some rest and sleep.Just when they are all sleeping the school’s fire alarm wakes everybody out and the kids start crying but there was no fire it was just a trick to see if Stutts would let the kids out and ran because they would think there is fre nearby.Stutts is really pissed for what they did by turning the alarm on. Emery then goes near Stutts and tries to make a connection with Stutts  by talking to him and eventually letting the kids go. Emery talks to Stutts and he replies,  he answers Emery’s questions about war and how terrible it is to see people die or kill people.Stutts talks about his friend that also came back from Iraq that got traumatized after what he had done at a battle. Tucker, Stutts’ best friend had accidentally killed a little girl’s mom because he saw that woman with a gun starring at Stutts in battle so he shot her thinking that she had a gun but was actually a candlestick. Tucker blames himself since then.

QUOTES

“War changes you,” he says. “You know things you didn't before.” He frowns. “It takes something from you that you never get back. One day you're picking’ pieces of brain matter of your shirt from the guy who was sitting next to you, and few weeks later-back home-you're supposed to get all worked up over whether the city’s gonna fix the potholes on Jefferson Street. Everybody wants to talk to you about gas prices or who's gonna win the football game. Who give a shit, man? People are dying all over the world.

Although I have never experienced warfare I can a gree with Stutts’ point. People dont care of what really matter and what is truly important.People care about money, clothes, cars, and many other material stuff but dont realize that whats important is right in front of their faces. People should care about family, friends, animals , the poor , health and life in general. That is what people should be worried mostly about.

CONCLUSION

In conclusion I think that this part of the book really was interesting. I liked a lot the quote that i putted there before because it is very true about its meaning and what really matters in life as a human being.I am also loving the book even more , its sacry but interesting at the same time . Plus we are finally coming to an end and I cant wait to see how it ends .

FINALLY SOME LITTLE RELIEF!!

As time goes on the kids are starting wanting to go to the bathroom and I don't blame them they are first graders.But Stutts does not allow bathroom breaks so Emery comes out with an idea to make their own bathroom using plastic tubes.The kids think it's creepy at first but then they all want to go.Earlier when Mrs.Campbell fainted, emery searched for the medication she was taking in her purse and she luckily found a phone so she came up with the idea for the kids to play games in the computer and after they are done Jake would be in the computer “playing” but really trying to contact someone online with Mrs.Campbell's phone internet. So then Emery asks Stutts and proves to him that they do not have internet by pulling away the internet cable from the computer.So, after the kids ended playing Jake stood there pretending to be bored playing in the computer while was trying the computer to get online. He did it!So he logged on facebook pretty fast and contacted his best friend Cole. Thank god he was online so they chated and Jake told him that they are in a very dangerous situation, Cole then was with the school's principal and Jake described the situation briefly. After Jake contacted his friend and some of the authorities he closed the window and went to be with the kids not to look suspicious. he went with the kids and sat  in the carpet with them and picked out Mr.Worley’s  cage (the class’ pet ) and freed him so that he could take some air, the kids played with them and loved it. After what the day had been now the kids started to hungry so they all gathered their lunch food, one kid even had cupcakes, Simon because it was his birthday, they wouldn’t  worry about food anymore. After being with the kids for a while Jake and Emery went “play” a game on the computer that they had loved in middle school.In the computer, Emery read the conversation wiith Cole and then read that Stutts’ wife was called Silda and Emery knew her! Silda is one of Molly's cousins (Molly is Emery’s best friend), she had a husband that returned from Iraq and he had suffered a psychological disease called PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) which means that war really affected him and so there were family trouble  and Stutts even punched her and more of physical violence, which is why Silda had taken full custody over their son, Patrick. Stutts starts to lose patience with all of the lousy 1st graders that can't shut up so Emery and Jake propose to make them leave and go with their families because Stutts is getting pretty frustrated with all the noise. So Stutts says to only let go the noisy ones but Jake tells him that he could let everyone go except for him because he is the major's son but he only lets go the noisy ones which leaves them with five kids inside the classroom.Thereafter they had released the kids just a few minutes later goes up to the computer to chat with cole and ends up chatting with police chief wich tells him to describe the situation exactly as it is and jake has the craziest idea to take a picture of the room with Mrs.Campbell's phone.Jake does it carefully and manages to take the picture but Stutts looks at him right after when he took the picture and goes over to him so in that time Jake closes the window and pops out the games hiding the phone as well.Luckily, Stutts notice.

relief!!!

QUOTES

“Okay ready,” comes the answer.

They move into the hallway-out of danger, thank God-without incident and I line up three more.”

This was when they were releasing some of the children  which lets only five kids total in the class.When i read thi I screamed, “YES” because luckily nothing happened to the children and at least most of them are safe now but I'm sad because of those five innocent remaining children.

“I hold my breath and snap the picture. Stutts looks over at me. My body tenses and my heart misfires. Shit! I'm not sure  what he’ll do if he catches me, but if past experience is any gauge, he tends to shoot when he's mad.”

When I read this I was pretty nervous about the picture because there is a lot of stuff you wonder when you read this like, did Stutts noticed that Jake had taken the picture? or will jake get killed? I was more nervous than ever when I read this quote because anything could  happen at the moment.

CONCLUSION

The book so far is awesome  and scary at the same time. I was shocked by some things that I found out while I was reading this section of the book like Stutts getting that psychological disease called PTSD.Finally they have released the majority of the kids which gives the reader which is me some kind of relief that the kids are finally save now although there is still huge danger going on.  

They can't CATCH a BREAK !!!

Everyone is in shock, Jake,Emery and Mrs.Campbell are very nervous and don't know what to do.The kids were scared at first but they look like better now that there is no current action to cry about.After some few minutes  later while everybody is in the class, Stutts looks over the door nervously so then he opens the door and saw a guard nearby that then starts approaching to the class. Finally he gets very closed by the class and Stutts just pulls the trigger and immediately closes the door even more nervous than before.Everybody is quiet but steady and scared by the sound of the gun, everybody is asking to themselves if that guard got killed. The kids are quiet and now very scared then one of the boys yells that he need to go to the bathroom and Stutts accepts it so Jake goes with the boy and while being at the bathroom were apparently no one is inside , Jake notices a kid behind the door which then gets out.Jake tells the kid to go to the principal's office to tell them what is going on, it's the only chance for people to find out that they are in danger.Jake gets back from the bathroom with the little first grader and acts normally like nothing had happened.After some minutes the classroom phone rings and Mrs.Campbell answers it and tells them what is going also telling them that Stutts won't “hurt” anybody but then Stutts shoots at the phone making it no longer able to work saying that Mrs.Campbell doesn't know what kind of man Stutts really is . He was a former soldier that went to Iraq where he killed many people even kids.Then after some minutes  all of the sudden one of the kids, Mason, yells out Mrs.Campbell’s name while Jake and Emery rush to look what just happened.There she was Mrs.Campbell laying on the ground, she had fainted. Then Emery starts to try and wake her up trying to imagine how could Jake and Emery go through all of this without her. Emery fans her air with a notebook , she even threw her water but she didn't woke up when Mason said that he saw Mrs.Campbell earlier inject herself some type of medicine and so Emery looks into her arm and finds out that she is diabetic and diabetic commas are dangerous . Jake tells Stutts that Mrs.Campbell needs help and has to go to the hospital right away. Stutts thinks that all of this is some kind of joke but he lets  Jake go out into the hall with her body and leave it there so that the people that are outside take her up to the hospital.Jake walked slowly in case there is anyone out there to shoot him thinking that he's Stutts so he announces that who is he and what is he doing.When he walks out he sees a hole bunch of policeman holding their weapons.Then Jake manages to see his dad the major and tells everybody what's going on while he leaves the body in safe hands. Jake then returns just in the time that Stutts gave him until he shoots another person.Stutts is now more nervous than ever knowing that they are surrounded by the authorities.He now prohibits people to go out for whatever reason.

QUOTES

“You don't know anything about me! I'm not the kind of man to kill people?Is that what you were going to say?That's not what the US Army says. They think I'm exactly that kind of man!”

As soon as I read this it made me realize not only that he is crazy and freaking scary but I cannot imagine what soldiers that go to places like Iraq must feel like after being at warfare. I think that living those kind of experiences really change you and your perspective about life and the importance of it.When I read this I also made a connection with a book that I have read recently called the giver were the protagonist jonas, experiences the feeling of warfare and it completely changes his perspective to view life and his surroundings.

Conclusion:

In this section of the book I couldn't stop reading because of its adrenaline. I'm startin to reach the climax of the book and I won't stop reading until I get there but until now it's awesome because it feels like the climax. I can't wait for what will happen next I'm feeling really nervous like Stutts.Overall I'm also liking the book a lot because there is lots of analysis that you can do and lots of connections that you can make.

SUCH, an INTENSE beginning!!!!!!

I read until chapter 7 of the book This is not a drill and it catches my attention right away !!!! It all starts in a first grade class with their teacher, ms.campbell and two high school seniors former boyfriend and girlfriend, Jake and Emery.They used to be a couple but Jake screwed it all up since he cheated unintentionally . Jake and Emery were working as extra teachers in ms.campbell’s class because of school credit.Everything started as usual in ms.Campbell's class , first graders would be happy to be at school with their friends and at ms.Campbell's  class because it was the best of all first grade classes.The kids were working in class until a loud noise out in the door made everyone jump of their seats , ms.Campbell went to open the door and as soon as she opened it a giant man walks into the classroom and yells, I´M Stutts Patrick's father. He tells the boy to grab his stuff and go but ms.Campbell rushes in front the big man and says that he cannot get his child that and tells him to go to the principal's office to take a permission paper.Stutts doesn't listen to her and tells his son to grab his stuff and go but ms.Campbell tells him that he has to go to the office and suddenly Stutts groans very loud and takes a gun out of his pocket! The kids scream with fear while Jake and Emery are in shock. From one minute to another this lunatic takes out a gun with no threat at all  has taken all the people in the class as hostages.

QUOTES

“Mr.Stutts,I’m  afraid I'm going to have to insist.”

“I'm not going to the office. Those people just wanna keep my son from me. They're on her side”

This quote made me analyse a lot of stuff and confused me as well. Im wondering why will he want to take his son in such a manner, and what does he means when he says that they want to take his son because they are on her side ?For now I'm guessing that HER is his wife and that they are probably separated because of a bad marriage, maybe only the mom has the custody of their son for some familiar issues.

“Patrick, get your things,”Stutts says again. Patrick reaches for the backpack hanging on his chair.

“Patrick, sit down,” Mrs.Campbell says in a surprisingly steady voice.

When I read this part of the the book I questioned myself, who would stand up to a guy with a gun in a steady tone in real life ? That teacher must have some real guts to talk like that over a man that could take away your life whenever he wants to.

CONCLUSION

Overall, this book, as I told you before catches your attention right away and keeps you alert while you're reading. It's like you're in the classroom, quiet so that Stutts doesn't blow your head off. The story has been very intense until now and it makes me want to read more and more to find out WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT !!!!!! Will anybody get hurt or even worse , killed? How are they going to stop this guy from having the oportunity of killing a hole bunch of first graders? We will only find out on the next posts!!