Alex
dressed in his period costume, complete with curled wig and tricorn hat, and
walked into the classroom. The students knew that the midterm was going to
focus on the Revolutionary War and the Constitutional Convention, but they hadn’t
been informed as to the format of the test. However, they were used to their
professor dressing up and being eccentric, so none batted an eye at his
appearance.
Alex swept
off his hat in a bow. “Good afternoon, ladies and gentles. We have convened
this Constitutional Convention to replace our Articles of Confederation. We are
on a precipice, and must unify our colonies into a government that may
withstand the nations of Europe, lest they seek to poach us and turn us one
against the other.”
He withdrew
a pouch from his belt and dumped the folded slips of paper into his hat.
“Come now
and arrange yourselves by your colonies and let us begin drafting our new
Constitution.”
Many of the
students were clearly confused, but others nodded, understanding, now. They
grabbed their backpacks and came up, plucking a piece of paper from the hat and
moving over to a new section of desks, proclaiming their state.
“New York
over here.”
“Rhode
Island, yo.”
“Virginians
in the back!”
It’s going to be a great midterm.
Alex took
up behind his desk and pulled up a fake quill pen. “I shall call the names of
the delegates to confirm the presence of a quorum. Mr. Anderson?”
“Here.”
“Miss
Blakely?”
“Here.”
“Mr.
Charles?”
“Here.”
“Miss Frakes?”
“The
Representative of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is here, sir!”
Oh yes, a great midterm.