She Swapped My College Codes, So I Sent Her to a Tech School Chapter 10
Mrs. Donovan laughed.Â
“The State Education Board changed the rules earlier this year. For attempted tampering, they just put it on your record, no more testing ban. I mean, it’s not like she actually succeeded.”Â
“How did she do?”Â
Mrs. Donovan shrugged.Â
“Don’t even ask. She scored 1100, just enough forÂ
a two–year tech school.”Â
“Her mom wanted her to apply to a decent one,Â
but as soon as the admissions offices saw herÂ
name, they rejected her.”Â
“They said she had character issues and didn’tÂ
want the risk.”Â
“In the end, the only school that would take her was Ridgewood Technical College, Veterinary Technology program. The same one she tried toÂ
send you to.”Â
I froze.Â
What goes around comes around.Â
She had gone out of her way to try to send me to that tech school, into the program she lookedÂ
down on the most.Â
And in the end, that is exactly where she ended up.Â
Mrs. Donovan kept talking.Â
“I heard when she got that acceptance letter, sheÂ
lost it. Ripped it to shreds. Screamed that she wasÂ
not going.”Â
“Her mom begged her, saying it was either that orÂ
nothing. So she went.”Â
“I saw Patricia the other day. Her hair is half gray,Â
and she looks ten years older.”Â
I nodded and didn’t say anything.Â
When I got home, my mom told me the sameÂ
story.Â
“I never would have guessed.”Â
“After all that, she ended up at that exact school, inÂ
that exact program.”Â
I looked out the window at the bright sun.Â
Yeah, that’s what she chose for herself.Â
But it was not fate that decided it.Â
It was her own choices.

