5. Childhood

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MADISON, NEW JERSEY

Hundreds of students entering the school for their daily classes, teachers waited in the classrooms for their students to come in and begin their work. 

They all sat down. An older man with a mustache and a suit stood at the blackboard with a piece of chalk in his hand.

-Good morning, dear students. If you don't mind, please be a little quiet. Let's get started. Where did we leave off in the previous class?

One of them raised his hand.

-We left off on the colligative properties. He said he would explain them today.

-Perfect. Well, a colligative property is one that all solutions possess that are distinct from the solute(s). Colligative properties are always dependent on the number of molecules that the solutes have and react with the number of total molecules in a solution.

A young man knocked on the door.

The professor looked. His face changed in a moment. He walked over to the door and opened it.

-Well... Who do we have here? Come in.

The young man came in. They both stood in front of the blackboard.

-Boys," continued the teacher. This is one of my former students. It was great to teach him.

-Yes. It was also great to have had a class with Mr. Anderson. He made me repeat a grade and I was failing every subject.

All the students laughed.

Mr. Anderson: But we've forgotten that. This kid got his high school diploma like no one had ever gotten it before. So what brings you here?

-I was just dropping in to make a little tour of my second home... And to see you.

Mr. Anderson: Me?

-Step into the hallway with me, Mr. Anderson. You don't want the boys to overhear our conversation.

Mr. Anderson: Guys, do this exercise with Raoult's Law.

The man wrote on the board.

The man wrote on the board

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Mr. Anderson: I'll be right back.

The two went out into the hallway.

Mr. Anderson: Well, you tell me....

The boy pulled a small pistol from his back and, pointing it at the teacher, shot him several times. He then ran out into the hallways and left the school.

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Kelley entered through the conference room.

Kelley: In fact, I think you two should give each other a chance. You make a cute couple...

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