Stereotypes In The Classroom

In a small Canadian town there is a class going on. There are actually many classes going on but this is the one that is relevant right now. Anyways, in this classroom there is many pictures of great men in history. Writers, poets, philosophers, inventors etc. All men, and only men. The few that are recognizable to a short girl in the back are Shakespeare, Edger Allan Poe, Gandhi, and whom she believes is Tesla. Naturally, the girl will feel bad not knowing the rest but she already accepted that she can't know anything nor everything. The girl, Marie, notices the lack of female figures a few weeks later but this story is not about that. This story is about the girl’s normal morning.

The teacher talks about homework the class hasn't done, he tries to elicit a response or guilt but all he got was blank apathetic stares. In reality, only 8 kids were staring at him and who knows how many were actually listening. "It's not your fault. It is your nature, you are the products of your environment," the teacher says before he starts talking about the homework story, 'Los Vegas (What)?' What is the environment kids have? How did this environment happen with
Walking to the washroom she cleans herself up and takes a selfie and posts it on Instagram, #nomakeup. 5 likes in under a minute. She walks to her locker and gets a sandwich, sitting in the hall she eats, her best friends is sick so she is alone. She eats in silence. Not even bothering to get out music. After eating she decides to watch wholesome educational content on YouTube. So she watches "2 lesbians play: Goat simulator pay day edition." 9 minutes well spent. She goes to the cafeteria and buys a chocolate milk and a large cookie. She is on a diet after all. Her bleached hair still smells like dye and chemicals but looks great. Nothing like purple hair that says "unemployable". Instead of reading her book for English she re-reads a web-comic which never ends and has no logical