[(The following is an interview between I and a Mr. McMurphy. McMurphy has had a very interesting and adventurous life however; he seems to talk of only one thing, his A.P. English 11 class. His distinctive classmates and teacher made for an altogether different experience. Here is what he had to say:)] Carly: So McMurphy, I can call you McMurphy right? Considering your experience with a fair share of loons, who was the craziest?
McMurphy: Easy Shmeasy there were a few psychos on the ward, Nurse Ratched topped them. The craziest though, brings me back to my high school days. A group actually, the classmates in my A.P. English 11 class. You see I was a transfer student and when I moved into a new school my Junior year, all I heard was how crazy and cult like the A.P. English classes were. I decided to find out for myself. So I went to one of those classes, and those dang kids had me fooled. I even told them, “you boys don’t look so crazy to me” (19). It was all mind games though…time and mind games, they were the craziest.
Carly: So out of all the Acutes, Chronics, and staff you came across at the Ward, none lived up to those kids? Wow they must have had a destructive leading force…tell me about the teacher!
McMurphy: Well for a long time I have been “accustomed to being to being top man”, but in comes this woman named Bobbie something or other who thinks she’s gonna stomp all over my pride (21). I put up a good fight but for a long time but she had all these mind tricks in hand. She would have us do homework for one reason, but really it was for another, she had us relate to invincible fictitious characters and then she would clobber us down with hours of writing. I couldn’t figure her out enough to mess back.
Carly: Writing, homework, sounds like a normal teacher to me…
McMurphy: No No No! That’s just it, after class me and the other kids would go complain and explain to our other teachers how she was awful. They would respond by mocking us, even defending her intent. So eventually all of us were the crazy ones.
Carly: Well…did you ever try to play her game of manipulation?
McMurphy: Yeah but “she was plenty willing” to play right on back…and better (45).
Carly: Alright well calm down! We actually have a surprise for you today. Audience please welcome to the stage the only Bobbie Jo Serensky.
(Screams, clapping….tears. McMurphy runs off stage)
(Serensky snickers repeating “simultaneous disappointment)
Carly, I think McMurphy was being very dramatic in his description of AP English 11. All of his complaining proves that he is really not as smart as he claims to be!
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