JETHRO HOROWITZ

Judgement day finally rolled up in this week’s class. It was time to select two people to work on the group assignment with. I had been carefully sizing up my classmates all semester. The importance of picking the right team members can not be underestimated and is no different to picking the right race horse.

I would stay awake, arranging and re-arranging my ideal choices in my head for nights on end. I even planned the perfect seating position in closest proximity to each of my ideal partners, so that when the bell was struck, I would have instant advantage. The two people who were on the top of my list were the smartest guy in the class, and the cute girl I sit next to. However, just before class, I made my first fatal error.

This mistake I made is not only unusual for me, it is especially unusual because I live on campus. I desperately needed to take a piss. These two minutes of urinary catastrophe, cost me my perfect seat and got me positioned next to Mrs. Chow, a 42 year old mature age student, straight off the plane from China.

Before I knew what was going on, the bell was struck and Mrs. Chow turns to me.

Mrs Chow: Harro, my name is Mrs Chow. You found group assignment yet?
Jethro: shaking head in disbelief. What?
Mrs. Chow: Group! You have somebody, group assignment yet?
Jethro: looking around the room and sighing. No, no I don’t.
Mrs Chow: You, me group ok?
Jethro: Um… I dunno, I was kinda….
Mrs Chow: You, me group ok!
Jethro: Well, ok, I suppose.

Then it happened. Just as I said ‘ok’, the two people whose group I wanted to join, both separately approached me and asked if I wanted to be the third person in their group. My response to them was just a stunned, mouth-opened shake of the head. They went away disappointed. When the blur of the commotion was all over and everyone was settled into their respective groups, I go over to Mrs Chow.

Jethro: So I guess we’ll be working together than.
Mrs Chow: No, I don’t think so. I found another group.

So, everyone in my class has a group, which means I need to now form a group from all the other rejects that didn’t make the cut from the other classes. I just pray the good lord throws a gem in the rough.

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