About Being Different

A frown set deeply in his brow. Mr. Walters stared at the rows of typing stations. He laid a hand over the letter on his desk. The district office was forcing him into the computer age. Corporate sponsorship meant he couldn't use budgetary restrictions to circumvent the change. Big business started early, imprinting a brand name on the consciousness of youth. That meant even his classroom, in a public school, could miraculously get a donation of new computers.

Monday morning, and a classroom of new computers, arrived like a sore spot on his behind.