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Area students ease into summer mode: As days wind down, so do some students.

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| June 21, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Baltimore Sun. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Gina Davis

Jun. 21--After wringing his hands over final exams last week, rising ninth-grader Miles Kraemer welcomed the down time that came this week with the last two days of school.

Instead of having to fret over math, he was able to watch three movies, including Forrest Gump for the first time, play a few hands of cards with friends and sign yearbooks while his teachers packed up classrooms, accounted for missing textbooks, and otherwise prepared to turn in their keys for the summer.

"Forrest Gump was kind of educational," Miles, 14, offered in a futile attempt to justify how he and his classmates had wiled away the time at Franklin Middle School in Reisterstown. "There were historical references. Like the scene where Forrest Gump is shown shaking hands with the president. It was fake,…

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