Losing sleep

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Addy was not feeling like herself, her usually bubbly nature was a bit dull and..tired. She while not having circle or bags under her eyes look less unnaturally perfect than. It was the stupid science test, Addy tried her her hardest but she wasn't grasping anything. Normally she was very good at studying and making at least a B, but this freaking science class. She had spent the entire weekend studying in her room away from people that could distract her. It was starting to show from the weakness she felt in as she walked. She wanted curl into bed and sleep, except she didn't need sleep she needed to be around people.

That's why she called the tutor while searching for tutors she had found one on craigslist. She hadn't even had time to be skeptical, she just set up a meeting and waited. She had worn sweats that day, all in all Addy was having a really bad time. She wasn't used to being bad a school, she wanted to be slightly good at everything and D was horrible...she would even accpet a low B...but a D that was horrible. Normally Addy didn't get worked up over things like this but she had private tutors before. They worked at her pace...which had always been incredibly slow when it came to science. It was the one subject she knew was the hardest for her...and she was even passing Algebra.

Walking into the into the library she down at the back and waiting for her tutor to arrive. She wasn't even in the mood to wonder if the tutor in question would be hot. She wasn't normally this tired and she had decided to rest her eyes for just a bit...okay so her head totally slumpped foreward and landed on the blasted biology book.
 
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Ellyn was happy the morning she had someone to tutor. She was still somewhat new to teaching people, but she was confident in her ability to help this Addy girl.

She brought with her two cups of coffee bought from a stand and a handful of sugar and creamer packets. When she got to the table she carefully set both cups down, one on one side of the table and the other in front of Addy before laying the packets in the center of the table and her backpack by the leg of her chair.

Ellyn sat before addressing the seemingly sleeping girl. "I take it you're Addy? I hope you like coffee. Let's see what we have to work with here." If Addy looked up, Ellyn would reach over and take the biology book. Her eyes brightened a little, of all science, biology was Ellyn's favorite.

She smiled gently at Addy before scooting her chair closer and opening the book. "Which section of the book is your class on, hun?"
 

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Addy looked at the cup coffee, she was incredibly greatful for it...but it wasn't exactly something she was used to drinking. Caffinee and Addy was pretty much the worse combination anyone could have. Addy sighed and lifted her head up slowly and then righted herself in the chair. She could do this, it was one test. She needed to get just a C...she wasn't a perfectionist...she could handle a C.

"Yes i'm Addy, and Yes I do like Coffee. I take it you're Ellyn?" She asked not even bothering to put sugar in her coffee before she started to drink it. She was hoping the bitterness would be enough to get her through this tutoring session. She needed to be around people and she didn't feel like being social.

"OKay, we're at the part where the dna and rna code each other or something, like pass the cell bs and more like towards protiens and building blocks. Like you know how the rna turns the dna into different letters or was the dna into rna what even is this stuff. Why can't we just say magic does everything. I don't even know the difference between dna and rna...aren't they the same thing?"

Okay so maybe Addy need more help than she thought she did. Actually no Addy was pretty much sure she had hit rock bottom. She decided to have less fun until her grade was resolved. She wouldn't even care about her grade if her dad wasn't so adamant that they were important.

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"The one and only," Ellyn smiled before quieting to listen to Addy explain where she was in her lesson. "Microbiology, fun stuff. The major difference between RNA and DNA..." Ellyn thought of a fun way to explain it. She decided to start by asking, "What kind of things do you like Addy? Think of DNA as a blueprint to something you enjoy, and then think of RNA as the method that goes about bringing that blueprint to life. Go ahead and open your textbook to the lesson."

Meanwhile, Ellyn got out her notebook and flipped to an empty page, laying it where Addy would have an easy time seeing it. She drew a the process of RNA and DNA interacting in a simplified fashion, giving Addy an easier visual aid to work with.
 

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Addy tilted her head, what kind of things did she like? Well of course that was a trick question, if she didn't like school she would just except her barely passing grade and be done with it. However she had image and she didn't want to admit that the blue prints to her favorite hobbies were pretty much under very deep vault protection. "Uh shopping, and flirting with people?" She asked rather than stated with a raised eyebrow, So Dna was the plan, Rna was the action? That made no sense to her, she thought that Rna was copycat Dna.

She turned her head to the side to study the diagram "Okay so the Rna reads the Dna?" She asked looking between the pictures in her book and the explaination that Ellyn had written out. That seemed too easy to be the right answer, if that was the right answer then her teacher would've said that. She was obviously missing something, she was hopping that Ellyn would explain what that something was.

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"Not exactly, no," Ellyn said. She drew a simple square on a piece of paper. "Let's think of DNA as the blueprints and foundation to a mall. Now, let's imagine RNA are the workers. RNA transfers necessary data, like genetic codes. DNA holds all the information, but it does not apply that information. Instead, RNA does. I'm sure your teachers have told you about RNA copying DNA? Well, that's part of the process of transferring. DNA contains information to create many proteins, but each sequence of RNA makes up, at the most, only one protein or part of a protein. Are you following?"

While Ellyn could have told Addy about the three significant types of RNA, she figured that would be a bit much for now. This had to be taken slow, so Addy could comprehend how everything worked and wrap her head around it.

"I know it's all confusing. Usually, teachers have a way of making it sound much more complicated than it is. Technically speaking, it is a complex action on the part of RNA, but..." she laughed a hint. "They use big words and dance around what's going on because they want you to realize how important the lesson is."
 
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