Mr. Perry: Has anyone had a dream that affected you guys in the waking state?
Shonte (Puts her hand up): I got a dream that affected me a few years ago.
Mr. Perry: Okay share it with us.
Shonte: Four years ago, my aunt was diagnosed with lung cancer and me and my family visited her for awhile and her sickness was on my mind and I could not eat or sleep.
Mr. Perry: Aww I am sorry to hear that, how old was she?
Shonte: Thank you, and she was 63.
Mr. Perry: Man, she was young.
Shonte: Yeah she was, she died of lung cancer triggered from smoking, my family and I was taking turns visiting my aunt to comfort her, we brought her flowers and stuff, and for a few months she was doing okay and the day after I visited her, I couldn’t stop thinking about her, I couldn’t eat or concentrate on my work, in one of my art classes I was in, the teacher had assigned me to do a drawing board of images of my aunt Millie to create a collage and draw pictures to symbolize the significant things in my life, doing that made me cry and when I went home, my mother told me to rest, so when I rested and went to sleep, I had a dream about my aunt being in a hospital bed and me and my family was out in the waiting room hoping that she would make it, and when the doctor came out, he told us that she was gone, I woke up from that dream crying, so a week later I found out that she had died and there was nothing the doctors could do.
Mr. Perry: That is because you were in sorrow, that is normal. That is a sad, strong story and again, Shonte I am sorry for your loss. Yeah when a person goes through pain and stress over someone’s death or thinks about that particular person everyday, you will have a dream that can sometimes predict what is going to happen in the waking state, it does not have to take place the next day, but it can happen some weeks or some months later even a year later, according to Strumpell’s experiment for example, is that he gives an expression to a long familiar experience when he declares during sleep, that the psyche of the mind becomes far more deeply and broadly in the conscious of its corporeality in the waking state, and according to ancient greek philosopher named Aristotle wrote in his book that it is possible that a dream would draw our attention to morbid conditions of dreams which we have not noticed in our waking state, owing that the intense exaggeration of impressions we experienced in our dreams is sometimes false images, but most of the time dreams can be a symbolic expression of our waking state, okay guys when you get back from your lunch break, we are going to discuss other symbolic things about dreams, enjoy your lunch, I am hungry too.
(The class enter the cafeteria)
Cheetoe: So what y'all think about the new teacher?
Shonte: He cool, I like em, I think he talk about some interesting stuff about dreams, and letting us talk about our experiences, that’s cool.
Quetip: Yeah he cool, he ain’t no boring ass teacher compared to all our other teachers. Talking about dreams is interesting, but I think it’s an odd thing for a teacher to talk about doe cause I don’t think dreams ain’t go get us nowhere through life, I think he’s a weird ass teacher.
(Shonte, Cheetoe and Quetip seats at a table holding their tray)
Cheetoe (points at Quetip): Naw, he’s a cool ass weird teacher.
Quetip: Yeah, on the real yo, Aye, him being so deep into dreams man, it don’t seem like his ass get no type of pussy yo.
Cheetoe: Hahaha, Yeah, the only pussy he can get is from his dreams.
Quetip: Haha, hell yeah.
Shonte (Shaking her head grinning): Ha, ya’ll crazy.
Quetip: He be fuckin in his sleep, and in his dreams an shit.
Cheetoe: Ha, hell yeah.
Shonte (lightly hits Quetip on his shoulder): Stop, y'all play too much, y'all don’t even know the man, and y'all sittin up here just talking about em.
Quetip (Frowns): So? you don’t know em either.
Cheetoe: Right.
Shonte: Right I don’t know him, I don’t even know him, to talk about him.
Cheetoe: She always make things out of a big deal.
Shonte (tilts both of her hands up): I don’t, I’m just saying.
Quetip: See that’s why she don’t got no nigga, she too picky over niggas.
Shonte (looks directly at Quetip): Boy, I am not picky, y'all just so dog on stupid for me.
Quetip (puts his head down and Shakes his head): I hate to say this Shonte, but you need some dick in yo life for real.
Cheetoe (gesturing his body): Hahaha, hell naw.
Shonte (frowns her eyebrows and puts her arm on her side): Excuse me?
Quetip: You heard what I said girl, that’s the truth, that’s why you don’t got no nigga, cause you need some dick to calm yo ass down.
Cheetoe: Hahaha, man, nigga.
Shonte (rolls her eyes): Stop, that’s why I don’t like yo ass, I’m sitting somewhere else, fuck y’all niggas.
Quetip (stretch both of his hands out and stands up): Yo, Shonte I was just playin girl, come to my crib and I make it up to you.
Cheetoe: Haha, nigga, it’s somethin wrong with you man, you funny as hell doe.
Quetip (sits down): Shit, I was speaking the truth.
(Class begins)
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Believe in Curious Dreamers
TerrorMr. Perry takes his students on a dream journey that turns horrifying that his students will never forget.
