17 –––––––– SECONDS BEFORE THE 6th period. A man and a young woman came through the door. “Hello, I am Sister Gunja. I am the Director of Imagination 123.” “I am Brother Knight, the Director of Creativity 123. If I call your name, please, come and stand beside me.” That was nice of Brother Knight to say please because he didn’t have to say please. Brother Knight was intimidating; he was a Big Brother. And why was he going first? Ladies are first, a gentleman know this. “Xxodus, Jupiter, Yahyah, Yesterday Today Tomorrow, Napple, Unclukulu, and Abracadabra!” There were two names left that Brother Knight hadn’t called. Mandela and myself. 14 eyes looking and 9 minds wandering. Why? Mandela and I were the only two people in Sister Gunja’s class? It was awkward. Mandela should have been

