On writing exercises

Back when I was in 7th grade, I took a summer sewing class. On the first day, they showed everybody how to work the sewing machine and then gave us pieces of paper to "sew" with a dull needle and no thread, so we could learn how to guide stuff through the feeds.  I waited until the teacher was gone and then started my actual project; I didn't see any point in sewing paper, when I already knew from the demo how the whole thing was supposed to work. 

Okay, my first seam was a little more wobbly tha