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 my teacher.”  Tommy? It is odd that he has the   no good. I can tell that he is not learning   My eyes shift to the other the side
 “He can’t!,” the girl acts like the boy   same nickname as mine.   anything as his eyes wander around     of the room and I see a calendar--2157.
 has said something like the aliens are   The  girl,  Margie,  quickly  asks   the screen and I notice him snoring a
 real, “A man can’t know as much as a   Tommy, “Can I read the book some   couple of times. The so-called teacher   ***
 teacher.”  more with you after school?”  does not wake him up or encourage him   “Thomas! Thomas!” Thomas wakes
 What exactly is their godly clever   “Maybe,” Tommy replies, whistles   to participate. Plus, what is Tommy   up to the call of his mom in the hospital.
 teacher?   and walks away with the book. I   doing here all alone by himself? He   He cannot believe what he has just
 “He  knows  almost  as  much,  I   quickly follow him downstairs.   needs company - friends to share   seen. Was it a dream? An illusion?
 betcha.”  A big wide screen quickly grabs my   thoughts and discuss lessons with.
 The girl is a little bit stunned before   attention. It is similar to television but   A P.E. class that allows the boy to   It does not matter as Thomas has
 she continues to argue, “I wouldn’t want   only more high-tech. There are letters   enjoy some fresh air would have also   now learned one important thing - he
 a strange man in my house to teach   on the screen with weird electronic   been nice.  learns to appreciate his teachers, his
 me.” Sure, strange.  sound, “Today’s geometric lesson is       This  is  absurd. I  even  wish  my   books and his school. After his recovery,
 “You don’t know much, Margie,” the   on angles. Please insert yesterday’s      English teacher were here teaching   he goes back to the school and starts
 boy can barely say with laughter, “The   homework in the proper slot.”  instead of this lackluster instructor.   paying attention in class and studying
 teacher didn’t live in the house. They   Watching the screen is amusing for   Right now, reading a book is probably   hard.  Soon  enough,  he  graduates
 had a special building and all the kids   the first few minutes but after an hour   more fascinating. With that thought in   proudly with a GPA of 3.5 He then goes
 went there.”  it becomes terribly painful to the eyes.   mind, I run back upstairs to see the   on to accomplish his goal, which is to
 What? They don’t know that?  I  sit  up,  straightening  up  my  back,     book that the kids were reading. I skim   become a pilot.
 I walk a little closer towards them   blinking several times to adjust to the   through the book and realize that it is
 to get a better look at the book. It is an   light that the evil screen flashes into my   written about my school. This is getting
 ancient  book  covered  with  a  black      eyes.   weirder  and  weirder.  My  hands
 alphabet all over the pale yellow papers.   Man this is worse than going to a   accidently brush the book off of the
 It somehow looks familiar. But just   real school. Every part of my body hurts   table and it falls on the ground, face-up
 before I actually get to read the book,   but Tommy shows no sign of getting up   and closes. I cannot believe my eyes.
 someone shouts so loudly that I jump.  so I decide to continue observing him.   Thomas  Reidinger.  Heart  pounding,
 “Margie! School!”  Clenching my palms in and out, tapping   hands shaking, I pick up the book to look
 “Not yet, Mama”  my feet on the ground, I can’t take it   at it more carefully. Although the ink has
 “Now! And it’s probably time for   anymore. Sitting in a chair, staring at   faded,  I  remember  the  handwriting
 Tommy too.”  the screen all day is doing the poor boy   clearly as it is mine.
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