Chaos in the Rec

Ashima, Brabantio, and Lady Bracknell sit in the back of the Rec Center as instucted by Mr. Rydquist. They have been given the simple task of collecting the test booklets and throwing away the plastic wrap that covers them. However, their job becomes much more intense when they realize that someone is cheating off of the tall, blonde haired girl sitting in the middle row.

[The three observe Carley working on her test.]


Ashima: [Frowning] "[I] can't help but pity [her]" (Lahiri 25).


Brabantio: "O unhappy girl!" (Shakespeare 1.1.160).


Lady Bracknell: "I never saw a woman [look] so altered" (Wilde 8).


Ashima: "Only in America" (Lahiri 70).


[Brabantio notices a boy peeking over Carley's shoulder looking at her multiple choice answers.]


Brabantio: [Whispering to others] "O heaven!...O treason of the blood!" (Shakespeare 1.1.166).


Lady Bracknell: [To Brabantio] "What is your [problem]?" (Wilde 13).


Brabantio: "[That boy] hast practiced on her with foul charms" (Shakespeare 1.1.73).


Lady Bracknell: "I confess I feel somewhat bewildered by what you have just told me" (Wilde 14).


Brabantio: "Down with him, [cheater]" (Shakespeare 1.3.56).

Lady Bracknell" [Feeling increasingly angry.] "The fact is that I do not approve at all of [the boy's] moral chatacter. I suspect him of being untruthful" (Wilde 48).

Brabantio: [Calling to Mr. Rydquist] "Lay hold upon him. If he do resist,/Subdue him at his peril" (Shakespeare 1.3.78-79).

[Ashima rushes towards boy and drags him out of his seat.]

Ashima: [Looking at Brabantio] "'Like this?''' (Lahiri 23).

[Boy starts yelling and arguing with Mr. Rydquist, defending himself.]

Lady Bracknell: [Speaking her mind aloud to the other students who are now looking around to see what the commotion is all about.] "This noise is extremely unpleasant...[Children] are always vulgar" (Wilde 52).

Brabantio: [To Mr. Rydquist] "Call up [Ms. Serensky]!" (Shakespeare 1.1.172)

Lady Bracknell: [To the students] "Never speak disrespectfully of [Ms. Serensky], [kids.] Only people who can't get into [AP English] do that" (Wilde 47).

[All exit]

The students "ooh" and "ahh" as Mr. Rydquist, Brabantio, Lady Bracknell, and Ashima escort the boy to Ms. Serensky's room. The students, slightly frazzled, get back to their tests, determined to get a five.


The boy's punishment