Emelia and Helen Hesselgren have mixed
emotions about heading back to school
following a summer of fun and frolic.
"I'm not really excited," Emelia said. "I don't
know about waking up early."
Emelia's identical twin sister, Helen, was even
less enthusiastic about the prospect.
"I hate school," she groused. "You have to
wake up early and do math for seven hours."
There are a few bright spots for the 10-year-
old fifth graders who attend Holt Middle
School in Fayetteville.
"I do like science and the experiments,"
Emelia said. "I do pretty good in math, but I
love art and I like crafting and creating."
Helen chimed in.
"I like art and recess," she added. "I really
want to do something with clay."
The sisters may be most excited about
getting back to their regular recess games of
Freeze Tag.
"We play Freeze Tag a lot," Emelia said. "We
play it together. I love having a twin because
you have somebody to play with and talk to all
of the time."
Helen looked at Emelia and made a funny
face when asked if she, too, liked having a twin.
"There are good things and bad things," she
said, frankly. "There's a lot of good things. You
always have someone to play with."
Area kids
not so
ready to
return
to the
classroom
By Dave Woods • Official Kids Mag
BACK TO
SCHOOL
BLUES
6 • Off icial Kids Mag
Emelia, top, and Helen,
bottom... or is it Helen, top
and Emelia, bottom? Only
thier adults know for sure.
