Brain Drain

                   Brains Bound for Broadway

    All the teachers at Rhomloda High fled to New York, except of course Mr. Hucklebee. Like many, he dreamed of leaving his post and following the other teachers to Broadway. Ever since the new musical 'The Truth Behind the Chalk" premiered, teachers began to flock to the Big Apple. They related to the whimsical educators portrayed on the big stage. Finally a show about us they thought.

     Mr. Hucklebee, a tired teacher, was fed up with his pupil's complaints about the fine points of the geometric diameter of a line. He dreamt of the glitz , glamour and fame that Broadway offered. One day he took the initiative and set out to pursue his visions of grandeur. The last Friday of October he approached the large glum Principal with a brilliant new idea.

   "Mrs. Winthrop I'm leaving Rhomolda High. I'm going to Broadway!" He beamed.

She gave him a long hard stare as though staring down at a student with the wrong uniform shoes, "Oh God not you too."

"Yes me too. I believe I can land a part, I've got the brains, talent, and I've just completed my first tap dancing class!" His enthusiastic voice carried throughout her office.

"Boy your crazy! You're a geometry teacher, you've got dorky black rimmed glasses, and you can' t walk down the halls without tripping on your own two feet or worse a students feet. What makes you think you can dance on Broadway?" She questioned.

"My charisma and perseverance?"

"Miss Crystle just came back from Broadway, she couldn't land a part and look at her she's beautiful, balanced ad brainy. Look at yourself your just plain scrawny."

"I will not take such negative criticism,. I'm going to Broadway and I'm going to reach stardom and play a teacher instead of teaching."

The principal sighed and waved him away form her office.

The next morning little Mr. Huklebee road the Fung Waa bus to the Big Apple, the city that never sleeps. He was greeted by hundreds of teachers all waiting in line to audition for "The Truth Behind The Chalk". While waiting in line , the teachers occupied themselves in many ways. Some taking poetry apart for pleasure others figuring out algebraic expressions. Then there were those who were the true actors looking divine and unfazed by the multitudes of teachers surrounding them.

     As Mr. Hucklebee waited in line, he awkwardly prepared his tap dance. Mrs. Whintrop was correct he thought .  Mr. Hucklebee was gravely unbalanced and stumbled straight into a producer instead of scolding him she said, "Boy, you've got something , you look exactly like the dorky teacher we've been trying to cast."

He looked up at her with a smile, "And I've got that charisma too."