The Curiously Stunted, Incomprehensibly Disjointed, Perfectly Inadequate Adventures of Nicholas Cornelius Holloway – Episode 35

“The Civil War-” said the teacher.

The students groaned. “We talked about this last year,” said one. “And the year before.”

The teacher pointed to a banner above the whiteboard. “Please read that for the class,” he said.

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it, it said.

“Those who study history are doomed to repeat it,” said the student.

“I wasn’t wrong,” she said a moment later to the bench outside the principal’s office.

The bench was quiet. Over the years it had seen a...