We ended up at the abandoned quarry. It’s ironic, isn’t it? We skipped a building full of people to sit in a place full of ghosts. But with Emma, even ghosts are friendly.

“Do you feel better?” she asked.

(Don’t tell my mom I wrote this. And please, don’t actually skip school every day. Calculus is important. But sanity? Sanity is required .)

There is a specific kind of guilt that comes with turning your phone to "Do Not Disturb" at 8:47 AM on a Tuesday. It feels like a small rebellion. But when Emma Rosie texted me those three words— “Let’s get lost” —the algebra homework on my desk suddenly looked like sand through an hourglass. Finite. Unimportant.

The Day the Syllabus Didn’t Matter: Skipping School with Emma Rosie

Rosie Skipping School - Emma

We ended up at the abandoned quarry. It’s ironic, isn’t it? We skipped a building full of people to sit in a place full of ghosts. But with Emma, even ghosts are friendly.

“Do you feel better?” she asked.

(Don’t tell my mom I wrote this. And please, don’t actually skip school every day. Calculus is important. But sanity? Sanity is required .) emma rosie skipping school

There is a specific kind of guilt that comes with turning your phone to "Do Not Disturb" at 8:47 AM on a Tuesday. It feels like a small rebellion. But when Emma Rosie texted me those three words— “Let’s get lost” —the algebra homework on my desk suddenly looked like sand through an hourglass. Finite. Unimportant. We ended up at the abandoned quarry

The Day the Syllabus Didn’t Matter: Skipping School with Emma Rosie But with Emma, even ghosts are friendly