You decide that Mr. Schlotzski, your old shop teacher, has caused you
a lifetime of suffering. Had you not taken 8th grade shop, you wouldn’t
have had such a crushing blow struck to your self-esteem. You might
have even been confident enough to follow your dreams and become a professional
musician. You could have played the blues, or far-out exciting jazz.
But instead, you took Mr. Schlotzski’s shop class, and he made
you be a creep. Why, you could have been a star!
Clearly, Schlotzski needs to die. You quickly
book a flight for the following morning to your home town.
* * *
After getting off the plane, you take a cab
to your old junior high school. Just walking through its corridors makes
you sneer as the memories flood your brain. All the times getting stuffed
into lockers, or having your head flushed in the toilet, or having signs
taped to your back. But the worst memories of all feature that smug,
condescending jerk, Mr. Schlotzski.
You head straight for the wood shop classroom
and kick in the door, drawing your handgun. “Time to die, you
fat sack of crap!” you scream.
Looking around the room, you notice a sea
of dumbstruck faces. And the shop teacher is definitely not Mr. Schlotzski.
It is, in fact, a large, burly woman.
“You looking for any particular fat
sack of crap?” she asks you.
“I’m sorry,” you say. “I
was looking for Mr. Schlotzski.”
“Oh, him. He’s not here anymore.
But I’ll tell you where to find him.”
* * *
You go to the cemetery and stand before Mr.
Schlotzski’s grave. It reads:
James Ezekiel Schlotzski
The fattest sack of crap
to ever teach 8th grade shop.
1956-2008
Damn it! One of his other students has already
killed him. How will you exact your revenge now?
• Do
you desecrate the grave?
• Do you sit and mope?