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Worst Day Ever

Album: 35: The Big Picture

Episode: 456

Lesson/Theme: Bad days happen

Bible Verse: The book of Job

Characters: Alex, Mandy, Connie

Writer:

Sound Designer: Bob Luttrell

Original Air Date: November 18, 2000

Last Air Date: October 13, 2009

Description:
Mandy Straussberg is not having a good day. She starts her day by dropping all of her books and being late to class. When she gets there she finds that she is going to get detention for being late and she doesn't have her homework assignment. In the cafeteria, things keep going downhill as she runs into Alex and gets a fat lip. When she goes to the ice machine to try to stop the swelling, the machine malfunctions and she gets covered with ice. Not only that, but the cafeteria is out of pizza and only has broccoli casserole left. Mandy doesn't make it on the band because she can't play the French horn with a swollen lip. She gets her head soaked by the drinking fountain, and then even gets her foot wet by slipping on a toilet while trying to escape a stall in the bathroom. Things don't improve in detention when she accidentally seems to start a student rebellion. She has a bike accident on the way to Whit's End, and once there Alex ruins her sweater with ice cream and Sarah tells her the bad news that the ice skating show that they were going to was cancelled. Things can't get any worse! Or can they? Alex and Sarah are trying to figure out what bad things that Mandy has done recently to deserve this. On her way home, a dog attacks her, she accidentally steps on some rosebushes, and she is soaked by some sprinklers. Finally she makes it home. She runs to her room and goes to bed, to try to end the day as quickly as possible. Her mom brings up some soup and tries to explain to her that bad days happen. Then Mandy asks where her cat Fluffyface is. "Let's talk about that tomorrow," says her mom.

Questions:
Why did Alex think all these bad things were happening to Mandy? Do you think he was right? What did Mandy's mom tell her about bad days? Have you ever had a really, really bad day like Mandy's? What happened to you?