Jeanette Pierce sat at her desk. It was almost midnight and she was really worried. "I'll never finish this term paper," she thought. "I can't think of any good ideas. I'm so bored with his topic. How can I write five pages about it?
Jeanette started to cry. She was exhausted, but she couldn't sleep now. All night she was busy studying for her math and English tests. Now she had to write a history term paper about the Roman Empire. It seemed impossible.