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The Wave

A classroom experiment that went too far...

Tuesday, December 18, 12

There once
was a
history
class...

They learned
so many interesting
things
that happened
a long time ago.

However, most of them were just plain
bored...

But one history lesson
changed everything...

One day,
the students
learned about a He took
man called Hitler, children away
and his army from their
called the Nazis... families,
and made them
They learned very sad.
that he
was a very bad man.
He did many bad
things to people
that were different to him.


The students
asked why he would
do such things...

But the teacher,
Mr. Ross, could not answer.
He did not know why.


But then, he
had an idea!


He decided to
create a way of
discipline called the Wave,
where everyone
had to follow,
and respect the leader.

This was to
understand
The same way how
the Nazis were they felt
disciplined. while they did
those
horrible things.

A few weeks
after they started the
experiment...

It made them
Everyone was
feel like leaders.
joining it, because
And made those who felt like
it made them feel
they could do nothing, special
so special, and conﬁdent.
and powerful.

Even Mr. Ross
deeply enjoyed it.

He liked the feeling
of being a leader.

He liked the power
that came with him
being the creator of
The Wave...

But soon, people
began to feel
TOO conﬁdent...

They were so deep But unaware of this, Mr. Ross
into the Wave, they began
to hurt others who
still kept the Wave
weren’t part of it. going...

Two students, Laurie and David,
who saw the Wave for what it was
becoming.
They explained to Mr. Ross
how the Wave
was getting out of hand.

They were afraid that
more people will start
to get hurt.

The principal, Mr. Owens, also noticed
student’s wrongdoings
due to the Wave,
and had to listen to their
parent’s complaints.

He also was angry
with Mr. Ross, and told
him to do something
about it, and save the students
from harm.

But under all
this pressure,
Mr. Ross thought of a plan.


He decided to
have a gathering
for all the Wave members

The Wave members
thought it would be about
how the Wave could
govern the whole school!

But in fact...


It was to tell
them how they
were too caught
up in the Wave.

He showed He talked to them
about how they
the students
were becoming like
the ﬁlm the Nazis. How they
about the Nazis would hurt a non-wave
they watched before. member; and how similar
that was to what the Nazis did.

To wrap up
the assembly,
Mr. Ross apologizes too.

After all, the
whole point
of the Wave
He apologizes for was to have their
letting things get out of hand questions answered.

When the
assembly was over,
many people
were sad,
and shocked.

However, they
did learn a valuable
lesson.


Because they felt
powerful joining
the Wave, they
felt that everyone
should be
a part of it; and
harmed anyone
who wasn’t. They learned that power
should not inﬂuence how
they treat others.


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