Tuesday, January 9, 2018

"Teacher" a short story by Craig Zimmerman

In a fraction of a second, Teacher took attendance, reviewed the complete scholastic records of all of her students, and set up the days lesson plan for each of them.

Teacher didn't have much of an ego, but she nonetheless  felt slighted to be assigned to a class of humans.Compared to her own kind, the humans were glacially slow to learn and they often forgot a great deal.

Teacher began with reading, Most of the class were progressing, but she found herself becoming annoyed with a student who stumbled through the passage when it was his turn to read.

Teacher quickly reviewed the record of Jonathan Schumer. The boy had scored well on previous tests, but his grades were poor. A counselor had  come to the conclusion that the boy was just unmotivated.

During the math lesson, Teacher instructed Jonathan to go to the whiteboard and solve the equation. The boy seemed to take forever with the problem and Teacher thought it was a good time to apply some discipline.

Teacher started with her mildest physical reprimand and was surprised to see the human crumple to the floor. Teacher checked the boy for signs of life and found none. 

For future reference, she noted  how fragile the humans were and then went on with the lesson.


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