I'm not writing about penguins, per say, in a factual way, I'm going to tell you a story about me being a snarky little high school asshole. Don't worry, it'll all make sense by the end. I had an English teacher my junior year of high school that was juuuuuust a bit off her rocker. You don't want to make jokes or assumptions about mental health or anything like that, but she seemed to be a bit bipolar. Very happy one day, very quiet and angry the next.
Anyway, she would occasionally have these random homework assignments for us that had nothing to do with English class or anything that we were learning. And I will always remember this one just because it was out of the blue. She wanted us to write a paper on where we would want to go for a vacation of money was not an issue. What the hell kind of high school assignment was this? This was something that you would expect for an elementary school assignment. Like I said, I was a little high school asshole and took an idea and ran with it. And I'll paraphrase my paper here, although I wish I still had it because I would totally post it verbatim.
I wrote that I would travel to Antartica. I have always loved the cold and it is one of the last uninhabited places left on earth. While I was vacationing there, I would raise an army of penguins (much like the Penguin did in 'Batman Returns'). I would become their general and lead them north and invade South America and move north towards North America. I would then rule the Western Hemisphere with an army of penguins at my disposal.
That was the entire paper, but with more details. Now, let's not argue semantics about them being out of their environment. Let's just enjoy the fact that it was funny, thoughtful, imaginative, and original. I don't remember the grade I was given, all I remember is not getting yelled at because of it. Which is kind of surprising seeing as how I didn't really do the assignment. I just....wrote something.
No comments:
Post a Comment