Sixth grade teacher got the young ones role-playing,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Can\u2019t recall the catalyst but she encouraged students to\nunleash inner thespians,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bullying and friendship the topic, up to groups of students\nhow they\u2019ll interpret it,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Never would have thought that it\u2019d lead to one fool\u2019s\nunravelling,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wish I could say that this was all fictional, sadly it was\nvery much factual,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One small group playing out a scenario where school bullies\ntroll the new kid with immaturity and gusto,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Script called for the victim to be a foreigner, yeah these\nboys are dousing a burning blaze with lighter fluid,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But 12-year old minds are prone to risk taking of the silly\nand comical kind,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The subject of this tale goes the extra mile, using a prop\nto emphasise his character,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A jar, of all things, the meaning behind it to be revealed a\nlittle later,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Borrowed a marker from the teacher, colored red for some\nreason,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Little detail seemed innocuous but then became shockingly\napparent,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smudged a dot on his forehead, like some sort of struggle\nbindi,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confirmed to his cast mates that the jar was supposed to be\nfull of curry,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Put on a fake accent too for good measure, talk about going\nall in,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The shock on his cast mates\u2019 faces priceless, way to sign\nhis own death warrant,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An outsider from their group within earshot played the\nsnitch, alerted the teacher when they caught a whiff,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Teacher onto that poor fool in an instant, the class falling\ninto awkward and nervous silence,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dude found himself eviscerated, deservedly, the pre-teen\nbluster drained from his face,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Could barely look teacher in the eye, hoping that the ground\nwould open up and swallow him alive,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No sympathy for this dumb kid or anyone like him, newsflash,\nJunior, what you thought was comedy was actually racism,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cut the excuses, you\u2019re one year shy of teens, you\u2019re old\nenough to know better, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your parents should\u2019ve raised you better rather than leaving\nit all up to the teachers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Copped a public dressing down in front of your peers, now\nthey\u2019re shaking their heads at you while you stand on the verge of tears,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Slap yourself Kid, that\u2019s what you get, maybe there\u2019ll be\nhope for you yet, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But for now you need to face facts, the so-called golden\ngoose laid a rotten egg,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No Oscars for you, Kiddo, tried to get \u2018em laughing but\nfound yourself cancelled instead,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You played yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sixth grade teacher got the young ones role-playing, Can\u2019t recall the catalyst but she encouraged students to unleash inner thespians, Bullying and friendship the topic, up to groups of students how they\u2019ll interpret it, Never would have thought that it\u2019d lead to one fool\u2019s unravelling, Wish I could say that this was all fictional, sadly … <\/p>\n