Who Needs Geography?
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The Minister of Education got a terrific shock when he discovered that all of the old Geography class had applied to other schools, mostly private ones. However, our objective was not to leave Trenton High but to get Mr. Jones back before he scooted off to some foreign desert where adventure and challenge awaited him.
I was chosen to speak on behalf of our old class. Not being sure of an appropriate name for the Minister, I settled on calling him Sir.
"Sir," I said. "Our position is firm. If the Department of Education is unwilling to restate Mr. Jones along with back salary and an apology, we will call it a standoff and resort to other avenues. Thank you for your time."
I sat down.
The Minister was about to speak when a television camera rolled into the gymnasium. Clearly this was too juicy a story to let go by. At first the Minister was about to banish the TV crew. As soon as he took steps to do so, we stood and marched out behind them. The class and the crew were quickly summoned back.
This was proving to be most interesting. The Minister then spoke for the camera. We listened politely but were not impressed.
I got up to make a rebuttal, as they say in court but the Minister would have none of it.
I went over and spoke to the crew chief who agreed to meet us at Ambleside Park.
We said our goodbyes and left.
The meeting at Ambleside Park was fruitful. Just how fruitful we were not to learn until the next morning when I was awoken by a phone call at about five minutes to seven.
Mr. Jones was an early riser. I picked up the phone groggily and heard his cheerful voice.
"Tune into Channel M and catch the seven o'clock News. By the way, don't be late for school. We have a lot of catching up to do."
"Not as much as you may think," I said. "For the past two weeks, the only subject we have been involved with is geography that is when we weren't demonstrating."
"Glad to hear it," he said.
the end