Friday Everything Changed by Anne HartFriday Everything Changed” written by Anne Hart describes how a simple question challenges the unspoken rule, tradition, and in doing so , brings people together. We are introduced to Alma Niles, a girl well liked by her peers. She is the one who started this exciting revolution. Joined by many other girls such as Minnie Halliday and Doris Pomeroy. These girls rose up against tradition and decided to defy the rule: fetching water for class was a boy's job. To go out every Friday, fill the bucket with water and bring it back to class. It showed that you were strong, that you were one of the greats. Plus, along the way, you had to have fun by missing half an hour of class. On that faithful Friday, just after Miss Ralston chose Ernie Chapman and Garnet Dixon to carry the water, Alma asked why the girls couldn't go to class. water too. Normally this kind of question would make you laugh, but this year the professor was quite unusual. This is why silence invaded the room as the students all waited for the teacher's response. Miss Ralston looked at Alma very carefully, as if testing her, then said, "I'll think about it and let you know next week." "The boys felt threatened by this question and even more so by Miss Ralston's answer. As long as there was even the slightest chance that a girl could carry the water, they had to do everything in their power to prevent it. Immediately, Alma was targeted. They went to pick her up as soon as she got out of school. Usually when the boys targeted someone, everyone would avoid, not wanting to get involved, but the girls would rush to help Alma. They all understood what carrying the water would mean: they could miss school for half an hour at a time. And that they too could sneak into the Roswell store on the way back. Plus, they could do something real. Over the next week, the boys began to take drastic measures. At recess on Monday morning, the boys had decided not to let the girls play softball anymore. They preyed on girls every chance they got.