The teacher assigns a ridiculous project to the class: a 500-pound essay on why bubble wrap is so poppy. However, it's later revealed that the teacher meant a 500-word essay. Meanwhile, Junior is blackmailed by Bully after an embarrassing video is taken of him in a diaper. The teacher confiscates Bully's phone, and Junior, along with his friends, sneaks into the school to delete the videos. However, Cody secretly saves the videos and uses them to blackmail Junior into writing a 500-word essay for him since his hands are broken from trying to write the original 500-pound essay.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The class is assigned a partner project essay on why bubble wrap is so poppy.
2. The teacher initially says the essay should be 500 pounds, but later corrects it to 500 words.
3. The students are given only one night to complete the project.
4. Junior is paired with Bully, while Cody is paired with Joseph.
5. Bully records an embarrassing video of Junior and threatens to show it to the class.
6. Junior tries to get Bully to delete the video, but Bully refuses.
7. The teacher takes away Bully's phone, which has the video on it.
8. Junior, Cody, and Joseph sneak into the school to retrieve the phone and delete the video.
9. Cody finds the phone and deletes the video, but then reveals that he sent a copy of the video to his own phone.
10. Cody tells Junior that he will have to do what he says or he will show the video to the class.
11. Cody orders Junior to write the 500-word essay that is due the next day.