2 Minutes of amazing play writing

Teacher:

Billy you are so terrible at school when will you ever get better; you get nothing but c’s and d’s. Do you have anything to say for yourself?

(Mute child) Billy:


Shrugs his shoulders and makes no eye contact

Teacher:

Your grades are so bad I may have to speak to your mother by making a phone call home.

(Long pause)

Billy:

Shrugs his shoulders and makes no eye contact

Teacher:

Imp very infuriated with your academic performance. What is wrong with you?

(Still no response from the boy)

Narrator:

Years of this strange behavior continued and teachers and Billy’s call mates began to call him dumb and stupid. They would taunt him in the hall and throw things at him during lunch.

Fear built up inside of the young boy. He thought to himself; why can I not talk, why am I so dumb?

One day when Billy was a senior in high school his English teacher called him into his office

English teacher:

Billy your academic performance has been sub par over this quarter. What can we do to change this?

Billy:

Shrugs his shoulders and makes no eye contact

English teacher:

Billy please try to share your feelings vocally.

Billy:

Billy writes on a piece of paper “I cant sir.”

English teacher:

Yes you can son, just open your mouth and talk.

Narrator:

And so the boy talked for the first time in his life. His ideas and feelings came rushing out from within. The English teacher the next day assigned a creative writing piece and Billy was excited. His feelings ran smoothly on the keyboard. Five days later he got a call from the English teacher.

English teacher:

Hello? Is Billy there? Imp calling to inform you that you received a 95 on you last paper.

Narrator:

And so the journey begins Billy goes to a small liberal arts college in the country and becomes a children’s book writer in Scandinavia. If it weren’t for his English teacher he new would have accomplished his goals.