Chuck Wilder Sun Jul 15, 2012 12:58 am
An elderly, mostly bald gentleman with large, bold green eyes wandered into the classroom. He was about average height and very thin, almost frail looking. His head was large and he wore a white lab coat with black dress slacks, carrying a few books, folders and a clipboard. Making his way to the front of the room, he placed his belongings in a heap on the left side of his desk. Looking at it for a moment, he decided that he didn’t like the placement of the heap. So he moved the pile to the right side of the desk and studied it for a moment. Deciding that the heap of stuff being placed on the right side offended him, he separated in into little piles and arranged them neatly across the desk. Satisfied, he cleared his throat. “Good morning, students! I am your science teacher, Gideon Rosenweisk. You may call me Gideon. I see that we are all in our seats and ready for class, yes? Wonderful!” Gideon looked around the room at the students, committing their faces to memory.
A moment later, Chuck walked into the classroom, bass slung over his shoulder and books in one arm, his other hand holding his the top of his jeans. The belt he’d worn yesterday was notoriously missing today. “Sorry, I’m late, teach. I couldn’t find my belt.” Chuck apologized, settling into the seat next to Emma. Gideon, however, had frozen at the all-too-familiar dark curls, blue eyes and tattooed body of who he was certain was one of those hooligans. “Young man,” the old teacher ventured, “”You wouldn’t happen to be...one of those Wilder boys...would you?” To his horror, Chuck nodded in affirmation. “Yup, name’s Chuck. I look forward to seeing you in class every day, teach.” The bassist grinned up at him, causing the elderly man to pale a little.
“Hmm, yes, well...” Gideon’s eye twitched a bit, remembering the torturous days of teaching Terry and John Wilder. The experience had been so bad, that he had retired from teaching. Unfortunately, he loved it so much that he had decided to return to teaching, but in Valevay, where the chances of having to teach a Wilder was slim. It seemed as though his hypothesis had proven incorrect. Nevertheless, it was time to start the lesson. “Today, class, we will be learning about geology. Does anyone here know what geology is? The study of rocks! Dirt! Fiiiiiiiiiilth.” The nervous tick was fairly noticeable, but he went on, “Get out your textbooks and turn to page 34. This is a cross-cut section of a cliff. See the different layers? Can anyone tell me about these layers?”