Two students are sitting at a table. There are bluebooks in front of each. The student on the left has one pencil. The student on the right has several.
Teacher enters.
Teacher: You will have 60 minutes to discuss ambivalence within Andrew Jackson’s presidency, starting now.
Teacher exits.
Students begin to write. Student on the left’s pencil begins to squeak. Student on the right looks at student on the left thinks and then continues writing. Pencil squeaking continues. Process repeats several times.
Right Student (whisper): Hey. Hey you. Want to borrow one of my pencils?
Left Student (whisper): No, no thanks man I’m good.
Left Student continues to write. Right Student looks at Left Student and then sighs heavily and continues to write.
Squeaking intensifies. Right Student glares. Left Student remains ambivalent. Right Student uses one hand to cover his ear.
Right Student (whisper): You sure?
Left Student nods and continues to write/squeak.
Right Student (normal voice): You’re positive?
Left Student waves a hand at Right Student.
Squeaking continues. Right Student shifts chair several inches to the right. Loud squeak. Then shifts several more.
Right Student (loud voice): Positive?
Left Student shrugs shoulders.
Left Student: Shh.
Left Student smiles at paper and begins to write more quickly. Then writes one last thing, very slowly with horrible nails against the chalkboard squeak.
Right student stands, rips Left Student’s pencil from his hand and breaks it.
Right Student: AAHHHAA!
Left Student grabs blue book and runs off stage. Right Student begins to write.
End.
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