text: [Themes: modern]
  
  Walking over to the teacher's table, you feel slightly anxious. There are three teachers sitting at the table although you know this isn't nearly all of the teachers at the school. You can hear bits and pieces of their conversation.
  
  That maintenance worker is crazy.... I don't believe that there are aliens...There's this one student.... annoys the fire out of me... cheese pizza...that's my favorite...I can't believe anyone....
  
  Eventually, you make it to the table and give a small wave to get everyone's attention before introducing yourself, "Hello, fellow teachers." You feel like you are terrible at introductions."My name is Grayson Ezra. I'm new here."
  
  The other teachers greet you and introduce themselves. You try to make mental notes.
  
  Jacklyn Hart- A stunning music teacher who is fairly new to the school as this is her second year. She's rather young about the same age as you and has short wavy brown hair.
  
  Kate Scott- The history teacher. She's been at the school for many years and is in her mid-fifties. Her hair is strawberry blond and she seems slightly cold.
  
  Steven Davis- The tall gym teacher. He has long dark hair that is tied in a pony tail and also has a full beard. He's been at the school about five years.
  
  Who would you like to talk to?
  
  > Lunch is over
  You say goodbye to your new colleagues and head for your classroom. Immediately following lunch, you have a planning period. After that you have a lab class. You could use this as an opportunity to rest or get ahead. You feel a little stressed, but you will also feel stressed if you aren't fully prepared. You already set up most of the lab, but it couldn't hurt to run through it one more time right?
  
  > relax during your planning period
  Sitting back in your chair, you ponder what you should do to pass the time. You open the window and look outside at the changing leaves then return to your desk to decide how to spend your break.
  
  > take a nap
  You get up and close the window. You go to the supply closet and pull a few towels and spread them on the floor. Curling up, you quickly start to dose off.
  
  A while later, you wake up and look at the time. Five minutes until lab starts.
  
  > get up for lab
  Your break is over. Soon the students are pouring into the classroom. You recognize most of them from your first class, but you notice one particular student is missing, Mary. She must have checked out or something. No matter class goes on. You go over the lab with the student and instruct them on lab safety.
  
  "Always wear your gloves and your lab goggles," you say and then walk back to your desk, "If you have any questions, I'll be at my desk."
  
  The lab goes fine for the first few minutes, then you notice a group of students not wearing their goggles.
  
  > say something to them
  You walk over to the group of student. "You really need to be wearing your goggles. If you don't I'm going to have to take off points."
  
  They didn't look too happy, but they did end up putting on their goggles. Good thing they did because a few minutes later someone ended up splashing some chemicals when they dropped a beaker.
  
  > The bell rings
  The bell rings. Your first day as a teacher has ended. Overall you feel that you did a pretty good job for your first day. Of course there is always room for improvement. Time to go home and relax and of course make sure you are prepared for tomorrow.
  
  > Several weeks pass
  It's been several weeks since you first started this whole adventure known as teacher. So far you seem to be doing a pretty good job. There are a few students giving you trouble, particularly Jaxon. He has been even more disruptive the last few days, but you think you can handle it. Mary still hasn't shown back up to school and no one seems to know what happened to her. It's assumed that she is home sick. You had the whole class write a get well card for her. That was surely appreciated.
  
  Well, the time has come to make your first test. Hopefully, you have prepared your students well enough for it.
  
  The test appears to be going along fairly well until you notice some students looking around. It looks like they might be trying to cheat.
  
  > call them out on cheating
  You walk over to the student who had been looking around and quickly swipe away her paper. "There will be no cheating in my class," you say as you look down at the paper. However, the paper was completely blank.
  
  "I wasn't cheating," the student protests, "I haven't even written anything down yet."
  
  She might not have been cheating, but it sure looked like he had intended to. She probably just hadn't copied the answers yet. You look at her still suspicious.
  
  "I swear. I did not cheat," the student continues to claim.
  
  > continue to accuse her
  "Why were you looking around the classroom then," you say leaning closer to her.
  
  "I was looking at the clock, Gee. Why don't you believe me? I haven't even written an answer yet," she looks at you her eyes starting to fill with tears.
  
  > walk away and just see what she does
  "Very well then," you say and walk away from her returning to your desk. She doesn't look around anymore and begins furiously writing on her paper. You guess she wasn't cheating after all, right? Must have been a strange coincidence. Anyway you'll be extra careful when you grade her paper.
  
  The bell rings and you collect the papers.
  
  > head for lunch
  As you are walking toward the lunchroom, you look over and notice a large high schooler standing over one of your middle school students. The high schooler must have been a transfer from Edgewood because he was still wearing the green uniform of that school. The high schooler had the student pinned against the locker. You slowly approach the situation and realize that the small student is Jaxon. Part of you is very much enjoying the predicament Jaxon seems to have gotten himself into especially after all the trouble he has been causing. The other part, however, knows it's probably your job as a teacher to stop a fight.
  
  > sit and watch Jaxon get the shit beat out of him
  Walking off to the sidelines, you watch as the scene unfolds.
  
  "You fucking sold me fakes, you little punk," the high school student growls as he slams Jaxon's face into the locker. "Give me my money back."
  
  "Maybe if you weren't so damn drunk all the time you would have noticed the difference between pot and common field grass," Jaxon laughs back.
  
  This comment seriously pissed the older student off as he moves to punch Jaxon in the face. "Shut the hell up, bitch," he yells.
  
  By now a small crowd of students has gathered blocking your view. You hear a loud gasp from the students as they scatter backwards. The high school student is laying flat on his back with Jaxon over him.
  
  "Get the fuck out of my school now," Jaxon yells at the student. The high school student scrambles back and runs down the hall. You wonder how Jaxon turned that one around. In fact, part of you wants to finish what the other student started.
  
  > go onto lunch
  You leave the scene and head to lunch. A few minutes later Jaxon comes in as well with only a few bruises.
  
  You walk over and sit at the teacher's table. Coach Davis is the only one there at the moment might as well start a conversation with him. Oh never mind, he already started it.
  
  "Are you going to the football game tonight," he asks.
  
  "Oh, I don't know. I hadn't really thought about it," you respond with a shrug.
  
  "You should come out and support the kids. Boy, I can't to see Lynch in action. It isn't everyday that you get to see a middle schooler playing varsity. It's just incredible," he exclaims.
  
  "Wait, he plays varsity and he's in my class?" you question in disbelief.
  
  "Yeah, that kid has one hell of an arm," Davis says as he takes a bite out of his hotdog, the relish running out of the sides of his mouth.
  
  > continue talking to him
  "Anyway, I guess I will be going to the game tonight," you say casually.
  
  "I'll see you there then, huh?" he replies.
  
  "Yeah, sure," you say as you then get up and leave, "I'll see you. I need to go grade."
  
  "Sure thing. Good luck with that grading," he calls after you as you leave.
  
  > go back to your room and grade papers
  You return to your room and look over the tests that the student just took taking special care to look at the student you suspected of cheating. After several run through's you still can't tell if she cheated on not. There's no proof that she did cheat anyway... Must have been a coincidence.
  
  > Hours pass
  Hours pass and soon it is almost time for the football game. One of your students is the quarterback which is very remarkable for his age. The game starts in an hour. Do you plan on going?
  
  > go to the game
  You decide to go to the game. You have some school spirit or something. Go Oakwood!
  
  You wander the bleachers for a bit looking for somewhere to sit.
  
  > Go sit in the student section
  For some reason, you think you will fit in in the student section. While they might like you as a teacher, they don't particularly want to hang around with you. You attempt to make conversation with some of the students, but you are generally ignored.
  
  The game continues on and your school is doing quite well. Before you know it, it is half-time. You look around the stands a bit disgusted by the way your students are acting although you aren't too surprised. Below the bleacher, you can hear some students who are obviously making a lot of noise. By the repeated moaning noises, you are pretty sure you know what is going on down there.
  
  > go stop them
  You're the teacher and since this is happening at school that makes it your responsibility, right? You head down and look underneath the bleachers. Your eyes widen as you realize it wasn't students down there.
  
  It was Mr. Smith the principal and Ms. Hart, the music teacher! You try to quickly turn away as you are disturbed by their mostly naked bodies twisted together in an intimate act. You dart away hoping you weren't spotted.
  
  The next day you receive a notice of termination citing performance issues. But that couldn't be related right?