I had my first class at the institute today. Learned about the Spanish inquisition and some basic geometry. After class Professor Xavier called me into his office.
He told me he had just received my records from my previous school, and (since he was a cripple) manually crossed his legs. When I saw him go through all the trouble of doing that, I realized he called me in to discuss "The incident."
Sure enough, his next question was, "Tell me, how does a girl who kicked the school's football captain in the, uh, lower areas, end up the prom queen?"
All I could really respond was by calling him a chicken. Seriously, "Lower Areas"? I watch network television. He should not be afraid to speak clearly to me.
But it was a good question, with all thats going on I had not had time to think about why I won prom queen at my previous school despite the fact that I made Rich walk funny for a week. I was not a member of the in crowd nor was any of my really close friends. Why was I not a member of the in crowd?
Not because I wasn't smart enough.
Heck, not even because I wasn't attractive enough.
Simply put, I didn't like any of them. They were all selfish, stuck-up snobs, who liked demeaning other people because of their differences, even when those differences didn't make them less worthy people.
Most ofthe worlds problems are caused by people who cant tell tell the difference between bad ways that people are different, and neutral ways people are different. Kinda like the Spanish inquisition. They killed because of lame religious intolerance. Kinda like General Kincaid and the Brotherhood.
Heck, thats even why I gave Rich a kick in the pills. He was giving Jeff of the computer club a wedgie and called him a Nerd.
Is there anything wrong with being a nerd? I think what defines a nerd is being incredibly smart and organized. Last I checked, neither of which are bad qualities.
That reminds me, Jeff was the one who suggested I run for Prom queen first. Then when I got detention for it, when Vice Principal Drake brought in the leather clad Dirk Johnson into the detention for vandalizing his car despite that he didn't have any real evidence to back it up. I protested and threatened to take my concerns to Principal Barett, or possibly the school board, and he backed down. Other kids in detention clapped at me for it, and another person said I should be Prom Queen.
It just occured to me. When I saved Jeff from Rich, I became a hero to the nerds. When I stood up to Drake, I became a hero to some of our schools bad boys. When I talked Grandma into donating her old clothes to replace the costumes destroyed by the sprinkler malfunction, I became a hero to the drama department.
All the other Prom Queen canidates were stuck up members of the in crowd who ran campaigns of faking being nice to other people. Did I actually win because I dont have to fake it?
By the way, I recently overheard Professor Xavier in his office talking to Nick Fury. Apparently Fury got the security footage of the Brotherhoods accessing the computers at the HAARP facility. They stole the location of some new high-tech aircraft carrier, the USS Arbiter. Fury continued to say that a nearby naval base just received a distress call from the Arbiter. Professor Xavier contacted the X-men. Cyclops told him that they were able to save Gambit, and that certain Morlocks have allied with the Brotherhood. Professor Xavier ordered the X-men to go help the Arbiter.
Well, I'm going to go tell Professor Xavier my theory about why I won Prom Queen.
Later,
Allison