Week 6 English Lit. Shakespeare.
Having yet to fully grasp Henry the IV part un (or any part of him for that matter) I feel compelled to write a creative piece, whether it turns our creative or not we shall have to see.
The Thing in the Classroom
(A subject provided by Jesse Kants)
Inside every classroom there is a Thing. It is only a small Thing. It is not ugly, though it chooses to hide itself. It is not stupid but it remains silent. It is always felt to be there though no one can say where. This Thing has no name. It is impossible to describe. It is the Thing in the classroom.
Think of a classroom you've been in, any classroom. The chairs, desks white/black board, can you see them? What about fans or air conditioners? Are they in the classroom? The feel of paper, the smell of chalk; are they there too? What about the teacher/lecturer the one who educates, is s/he there? Think of every detail you can, every detail, down to the chip in the desk and the mark on the carpet. Do you see the classroom? Do you see the whole classroom? Do you really see every facet of the whole classroom? Every crack, dust speck, window, door, discarded penlid, ceiling tile, waste basket and scrunched up paper?
If you can really see a classroom as clearly as that, well done, you have quite a good visual memory.
If you can't see the classroom, that's ok, just go to a classroom now and have a look then come back.
We'll give those without great visual memory a few moments here...
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Ok, everyone back yet? No? sorry...
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My apologies to those with visual memory capabilities, I would be one of those looking in a classroom so please, bear with us...
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Ok, all back now? good
So hopefully we all now have a very clear picture in our minds of a classroom...
there are always a few stragglers, hurry up please...
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Ok, right, OK!
We all now have a clear picture of a classroom. Did you see the Thing in the classroom? If you did stop reading, I can't give you anything more than you just got. If you didn't, don't worry, I couldn't see it the first time either.
So, look again at the classroom, Have you ever gotten that feeling when the teacher/lecturer is looking at you and expecting an answer that you don't have. You know that feeling? Right there, that's the Thing. you can feel it right behind you, feel it hanging over your head. It's right there in those moments. You may wonder why no one else notices it during these times but that is the strangeness of the Thing. It lives in the classroom, it is always there. Even when the classroom is empty and there are no teachers asking questions or students with answerless eyes, the Thing is there. There may be some readers who now think I am creating something from nothing, making a simple case of 'drawing a blank' into a boogey man. For those who have felt it though, surely you can agree, the Thing is there. I don't believe that it is 'nerves'. It is too universal and too common to be only me. The Thing is there and we've all felt it.
I really want to help people see the Thing for what it is. How can we know? Well, some have already left this post because they saw the Thing. Others I lost at 'facet'. To those who are still reading, who haven't seen the Thing but have experienced it I have only one tactic left.
Look behind you! There! There! the Thing is there, right there! I'm pointing at it look. Oh, you just missed it!
The End!
(it's not Jesse)
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