Spirit Day In High School

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It was spirit day for the eight grade classes. We were divided into four different "Teams" of students. These teams were usually named after a certain theme, but our team was called "Team Safety." Our colors were bright, neon yellow. It was an absolutely hideous color, and no one really wanted to wear those colors on themselves.
The spirit rally was usually mandaory, requiring all students to assemble in the Gym for activities, but what was optional was the requirement of wearing your team's color, except of course for my team. The majority of my teachers really didn't mind if we didn't wear those ugly T-shirts, but our social studies teacher, Mr. Ross did. He was this...Strict, no-nonsense type of guy. He began requiring all students to wear

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