"As Voltaicine de Cleyre summed up my views on anarchy with his quote: 'I die, as I have lived, a free spirit, an Anarchist, owing no allegiance to rulers, heavenly or earthly'." The class applauded as I took my seat.
The teacher, Mr. Johnson, clapped also as he made his way to the front. "Very nice Roger. You captured the ideas of the true Anarchist stereotype." The smirk that was on my face faulted back to my usual scowl. "In the past many who called themselves Anarchist believed that they should not have to answer to anyone and should not have anyone giving them restraints. In general, it can be said that most of them would prefer a more triable look on life, going back to times before government." He turned back to me. "So with this information, what are your views on riots that can be caused due to anarchy?"
I shrugged. "I think it's necessary. The only way a government would really listen to his people, is if they showed something that effected them in such a large scale."
Mr. Johnson seemed to get a kick out of this answer. "Excellent!" He exclaimed. "I believe you have the mind set of a real Anarchist!" He turned to the class. "This is why I do these exercises, so you could find out where you truly stand!" Despite his weird ideas, he was one of my favorite teachers. Pointing to the someone in the class. "Simon!" At his name I whipped around fast enough to see him jump. Simon was a very quiet kid who was in a few of my classes. "What quote did you pick to sum up your views on anarchy!"
Simon stood up timidly before grabbing his paper. "I looked to a quote from Albert Hubbard. He said: 'No man who believes in force and violence is an Anarchist. The true Anarchist decries all influences save those of love and reason. Ideas are his only arms'." After reading this, he quickly sat down, face flushed from embarrassment.
"Superb!" I thought Mr. Johnson might wet himself. "Your views on Anarchists are on the opposite side of the scale!" I could tell he was about to go on a tangent. "Elaborate more, Simon."
His face reddened even more and he looked as if he wanted to disappear in to air. Shaking, Simon stood up. "Well, I believe that in today's day and age, violence isn't needed and that the sharing of ideas and being able to speak out, people can cause just as much change against a more powerful force as violence did long ago." He dropped back in to his seat and hunched his small body over.
"Ahhh! Yes! You decided to take a new-age approach at the assignment! I love it!" Mr. Johnson moved to his white board while I continued to stare holes in to Simon. He looked up and quickly turned his attention back to the surface of his desk. "Simon brings up a good point when he says that the definition should be able to evolve with the time..." Our teacher's words began to fade out as I continued to stare him down, loving the feel of power I seemed to have over him. The sound of the bell crashed that feeling. "Now remember, next class I want you to pair up and be able to come up with a presentation for this topic." I couldn't help the smirk come across my face, since I already knew who I would pick.
A/N: Sorry I haven't been able to get on but a lot has been going on in my life, but I am trying to get back in to writing. If you're reading any of my other stories, I am doing my best now to work on them and hopefully I'll have a new chapter of Forget Me Not done soon. Thanks for understanding and I really do apologize.