For one thing, the teacher has threatened me with ______ from school if I don't pass.

Also appearing in my dream is the terrifying vault horse, the very sight of which _______s from my mental health.

I run towards the horse, leap, and nose-dive into the mat. Ignoring my despair, the rest of the gym class laughs. Once again, I am _______ by my athletic performance.

Next, a single _______ rope threatens overhead, where it hangs from the ceiling. I try to contrive some excuse to get out of climbing it. However, my excuses are so incoherent that my teacher says, "I don't understand anything you're saying. Get started."

Wondering if anyone has ever died from rope burn, I struggle to climb it. Almost to the top, I sweat so much that I slide back to the floor, landing at the gym teacher's feet. "What a loser," the teacher mutters with an expression of total _______.

Because I've always been ________ to square-dancing, that too appears in the nightmare. Having forgotten my sneakers, I'm forced to dance in my socks. I slip, rather than dance, around the polished floor. During one high-speed turn, I go sliding ---- right into the men's locker room, where the smell causes me to pass out.

The only pleasant part of the dream comes near the end. With amazement and ______, I learn that I will graduate after all. I smile, thinking I'll never have to face the rigors of gym class again.

But then, the principal _______s the terrible truth. I haven't managed to pass gym.

My graduation depends on my agreeing to take four more years of gym when I get to college. If I don't, my high school diploma will be _______.