This Class Sucks, the reviews and criticism workshop, provided a forum for students to appreciate the art of being opinionated. Their taste-making skills were tested on areas as varied as food, music, and even 826 itself.

Cookie B
The exact opposite of Cookie A, this one was extremely chewy and thin instead of brittle and semi-thick. This cookie’s texture was very smooth and inviting, which I think had something to do with the fact that they were homemade. When I bit into it, however, it felt like I was eating a thick, wax paper cup, and it was too flexible to really be substantial.
Rating *** out of ******
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This Class Sucks, the reviews and criticism workshop, provided a forum for students to appreciate the art of being opinionated. Their taste-making skills were tested on areas as varied as food, music, and even 826 itself.

I didn’t have a chance to taste cookie #3, but of the two I did get to sample, I liked cookie #2 much more. Homemade cookies tend to be a lot better than the store-bought kind, and this is a classic example. Cookie #1 (the manufactured one, Chips Ahoy!) had a near-tasteless, flaky cookie part that was dominated by the artificial-tasting chocolate chips.
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The following play was conceived, written, costume-designed, produced, and directed by the students in a 826 workshop for aspiring playwrights. It was performed here on Super Bowl Sunday, 2003.

Scene 1: Dorothy and the fight

The good guys and bad guys enter the scene. They notice the ring on the Sugar Plum Fairy.

Spam:
Hey guys! Look at that ring!

Moron:
I want that ring! I must have it!

Leg is Lost:
What happened to my leg? Oh wait a minute. That ring is ours!

Sorry Mon:
Sorry mon, that ring is ours!

Oakland:
Hey Sugar Plum! I’m prettier than you. That ring would look better on me.

The Sugar Plum Fairy comes to life.

Sugar Plum Fairy:
Too bad! I have it on.

Oakland:
I’ll get that ring. Just watch me get it.

Sugar Plum Fairy:
I warned you not to. I’ll banish you to the village of the Elvises!

Sugar Plum Fairy accidentally drops the ring. The fight between the good guys and the bad guys begins. Dorothy enters the scene and sings “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” The good and bad guys freeze and look confused. Granola speaks to Dorothy.

Granola:
Hey Dorothy! You’re in the wrong play!

Dorothy begins to cry and runs offstage. The others continue to fight. Sorry Mon picks up the ring.

Sorry Mon:
Ha, ha, ha! I have it now. You’ll never catch me! Ha, ha, ha!
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