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I JUST GOT AN EMAIL FROM MY TEACHER, BUT, I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT HE MEANS.

With the start of spring, comes the end of fun where The Bat's home becomes just a name.

When, in the uppercase of Malaysia, a short way to say a pirate’s treasure is, an A in elementary.

It starts with the number 6, then the 15th, and ½ of a band on the arm but, it’s for your foot.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

HINT 1:

It's hard to give a hint for this type for this type of puzzle, but, I can give you an example of how it works- The start of spring is the letter 'S'.

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  • $\begingroup$ Might it be time to add a hint? $\endgroup$
    – Blue Herring
    Commented Mar 25 at 22:29
  • $\begingroup$ Yeah, sorry. I haven't been on my computer lately. I'll add a hint soon. $\endgroup$
    – Logan Sweeney
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    $\begingroup$ Sorry it took so long, I was trying to focus more on school and this was taking a lot of my time up. $\endgroup$
    – Logan Sweeney
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Partial, tentative answer:

The clues look like

cryptic clues.

I got the third line, and I got most of the rest by guessing the theme.

It starts with the number 6, then the 15th, and ½ of a band on the arm but, it’s for your foot.

Number 6 is VI (in Roman numerals), the 15th (letter) is O, a band on the arm is a bracelet, half of it is let (well, it's only 3/8 not half). It gives the answer Violet, and I'm not sure what to do with "it's for your foot". Edit: a band for the foot is an anklet, so this gives a better way of getting let as half of the word. (Credit to M Oehm and fljx in comments)

With the start of spring, comes the end of fun where The Bat's home becomes just a name.

Start of spring is S, end of fun is UN, and I'm guessing The Bat's home is NY (New York), but I don't know why.

When, in the uppercase of Malaysia, a short way to say a pirate’s treasure is, an A in elementary.

Uppercase means capital, capital of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur or KL. I'm guessing the rest makes AUS but I don't know why. Edit: a pirate's treasure is gold, a short way to say that is Au (its chemical symbol). (Credit to PDT in comment). And the final S maybe comes from a short way to say "is".

So we get

Sunny, Klaus and Violet Baudelaire, the main characters of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Which is also confirmed by the title ("no happy endings").

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    $\begingroup$ AUS is probably just a way of saying ‘lots of AU or gold’. AU is the symbol for gold in the periodic symbol. $\endgroup$
    – PDT
    Commented Apr 26 at 9:04
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    $\begingroup$ The "band on your arm, but it's for your foot" is to be taken as a single phrase, I guess, so that the "half" arithmetic works better. $\endgroup$
    – M Oehm
    Commented Apr 26 at 9:07
  • $\begingroup$ For ny probable because of TBA (The Big Apple)?? $\endgroup$
    – PDT
    Commented Apr 26 at 9:08
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    $\begingroup$ ROT13(V guvax "n onaq ba gur nez ohg, vg’f sbe lbhe sbbg" vf whfg n pelcgvp jnl bs qrsvavat naxyrg engure guna oenpryrg, naq gura gur unys sbe "yrg" jbexf.) $\endgroup$
    – fljx
    Commented Apr 26 at 9:08
  • $\begingroup$ Thank you! I'm incorporating the additions in my next edit. $\endgroup$
    – ViV
    Commented Apr 26 at 9:16

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