This story is about a chain of paper clips, which is about as interesting as it sounds. In the sixth grade, I had a couple of small FedEx Office boxes which contained various items such as a mini stapler, sticky notes, tape, and rubber bands. In this box was also a large number of paper clips. I often got bored in class, and one day while messing around with these paper clips I discovered that they could be easily linked together. A couple of days went by, and soon enough I had assembled an absolutely massive chain of paper clips. My teachers weren’t at all bothered by what I had made and were actually impressed. One day after lunch however, I was confronted by a school administrator who pulled me aside to lecture me about how extremely dangerous this chain supposedly was to myself and others. He then confiscated it and I never saw it gain. I assume it was thrown in the trash. Rest in peace, paper clip chain.