EMERGING UNDERGROUND PENCIL TRADE TAKES TOLL ON SCHOOL

News reporter Trevor was documenting the phenomenon known as rapid student bathroom syndrome when he noticed students having long meetings in the hallways. When Trevor questioned the students they stated they were “just talking” and “discussing last night's homework.” Trevor states “ I did sawed the kids trading sumin’, I didn't knows what it was.” Trevor continued to investigate, even going undercover as a “student” to get inside data on the situation. East Middle School teacher David, states “I have started noticing some kids coordinating their bathroom times and meeting in the hallways.”

The school's janitor, Derikson, has an inside perspective on the meetings of the students, he states that pencils are so valuable that kids are willing to give up their cookie clicker save codes to get a couple. Derickson states “ The teachers at school are in a pencil shortage, with a 79% pencil loss rate, that is two times higher than it was last year.” Trevor attended one of the trade meetings, he states “this thang is legit mans, I hads to make a new cookies clickers account to get one pencils.” he also said “These kids were for reals real man, they hads a metal detector to checks mes out for contrabands.”Any and all students caught trading pencils will be apprehended and forced to donate all of their pencils to the teachers. After the interviews ended, Trevor was arrested for illegal pencil trading, he was sentenced to 8 months of daily homework.