The Modest Achievements Of Meddleton High

by Michael Buchta

“Well, kids have probably always been like that,” I say. “It’s just that these days there are literally more guns than people in this country, so it’s easy for a temporarily deranged kid to get hold of a lethal firearm.”

“The government wants us malnourished. It’s easier to convince the public to give up on us.”

“And capitalism is like a religion, isn’t it? It’s a belief system that only values money. Substitute money for god and there you have capitalism.”