week 11: Hannah Pulley

To the right of Isaac is Schuler, and to the right of me is an empty chair, which I have become acquainted with over the past thirteen weeks. Quite frankly, while its silence had done much to help my concentration, Schuler to my left, is far more interesting.  The chair never bothers me to ask to borrow a pencil or textbooks, but rarely contributes to class or group discussions. I sit next to Schuler in physics as well, and from this time I can say that she is an all-around great student, problem solving being one of her greatest strengths. Not only that, in the few minutes that we usually have before the end of class, I've overheard discussions of a wide range of topics between her and Elliott. While Isaac brings humor by jokingly complaining about being stuck in the middle of their ‘arguments’, I always enjoy hearing what she has to say. Though we haven't talked much about our plans after graduation, I imagine Schuler using her skills and hard work to succeed wherever she goes.

…Which is more than I can say about the chair. That boring piece of plastic and metal will probably still be here in three years. I know that in the grand scheme of things, everything and everyone finds their place eventually, but the thought of it possibly sitting empty through another year of small academy classes, loaned out to another teacher as needed and rolled around the room, trapped in a perpetual junior year, almost makes me feel pity for it.