Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Am I Alone?

I'm sitting in my Akron office, grading papers. It's a tiny room (about 15 by 12 feet) that contains three desks, and I'm supposed to share it with five other people. I'm alone here now, though, and have been since I showed up at 10 a.m.

A student comes tentatively to the door. She asks for one of my office mates. She looks around the empty room and asks, "Is she here?" Yes. She's just invisible at the moment.

Another student comes to the door. He peers around too, then asks if my office mate is in the room. Yep. Hiding in the filing cabinet.

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