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fantasy story of Aya Matsuura :
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assister, like many other
veterans, had recently returned home. Even though he was techni-
cally a veteran, he didn't really feel like one. He had joined
the Army in his senior year of high school and only spent a
little more than two years in service, none of which involved
combat. Nonetheless, there he was, with mustering-out pay in his
pocket and no goals in life. He figured the best thing to do
before deciding about the rest of his life was to finish high
school. He checked with his old high school principal and was
told that if he took senior English, Algebra and History, the
principal would see that Joey got his diploma after just one
semester. That sounded good to Joey, and he enrolled for the
upcoming spring semester of high school.
Joey's History and Algebra classes were taught by old maid
teachers well past retirement age, and they were dull, dull,
dull. To compound the problem, even though Joey was only about
three years older than the other seniors, he felt like an old man
among kids. He couldn't even get interested in any of the girls;
they all ac
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