On Education

(Interior Monologue 9/24/86)

This is stupid. I don't want to do this. I swear that history teachers prefer boredom over any other state of mind. God this silence makes me want to scream. Just so I can get out of this class - no, then I'd be in the deans office, and that would be almost as boring as this. Da, da, da, do, A-di, di, do dum. No, no stop that. I hate that song. Why is it going through my head? Maybe I should fill in some dots to make it look like I'm doing something.

Joe, you're an idiot for trying to cheat off of me. I know less of this than he does. Oh these dots! I think I want to scream again. I hate this class. How much longer do we have to do this?

Wait a second, where's the clock? There's no clock in this room! What are no clock in this room! What are they trying to do, slay me with anxiety? I'm more of an idiot than Joe - that scares me - at least he can cheat without getting caught... Oops, maybe not. I want to laugh out loud no, no, don't. What time is it? Where's the clock? Oh jeez, I forgot that I have a watch...forty-five more minutes.

Fill in more dots and dots and dots. I really want to scream! anyway. How much time is left? Forty five more minutes - tire i am. Oh, there's the clock, behind the bookshelf, it doesn't work anyway. How much time is left? Forty five more minutes - time has stopped! "Aarrgghh!" Oh no, now I'm in for it.....

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