LITR 3731: Creative Writing
Student Drama Submission 2005
Karen Daniel
The
Smartest Girl in Class
Characters:
Jamie
Mary
Jennifer
Tara
Sherry
Andrea
Bonnie
Dr.
White
Concept
Sentence: One
young and clueless girl tries her best to fit in, but she turns out making
things worse as she insults the students in her class.
Jamie: (Looking
around at the class) What
did you all get on your midterms?
Mary: (Looking
at her like she is a bug or something) None
of your business.
Jennifer:
An 'A'
Tara: I
got a B+
Jamie:
I
got an 'A' too, but I didn't read a single book.
I am so smart. I didn't read any of the books in my junior AP English Class
either. I didn't need to.
Sherry:
I
can't do that, besides, it would feel like cheating.
Andrea:
Me
either. I love reading anyways.
Jamie:
Well,
whatever. I am just a lot smarter
than any of you are.
Mary:
In
your dreams Barbie.
Dr.
White walks in the classroom
Dr. White:
Okay,
lets get started. I know a lot of
you took Creative Writing in high school. How many of you think that your writing has matured as you
have grown up?
(All
raise their hands except for Jamie)
Dr. White:
Jamie,
why do you feel that way?
Jamie:
Because,
I was already perfect in high school. I still am. It's
really irritating to always be in a
class
with so many stupid people. I was
the smartest person in my junior year AP English class also.
Dr. White:
Jamie,
how old are you?
Jamie:
Old
enough to know how smart I am.
Jennifer:
She's
21!!!
Dr. White:
Well,
perhaps you will change your views as you get older and more mature.
Jamie:
Nope,
I am already too smart to get any smarter.
Mary:
And
if she doesn’t' shut up she is not going to have the chance to get any older!
Dr. White:
(Looking
at Jamie with disbelief) Okay
then, let's go on. How do you all
plan to structure your literature classes when you begin to teach?
Tara:
I
really like this workshop format. I
think kids would really like it also.
Sherry: Yes,
it will really allow them to flourish and express themselves.
Jamie: No
way, it would only work if you separate the smart kids from the stupid kids!
You don't want to make the smart kids be in the same class with the
idiots. That's what happened to me
in my junior AP English class. I
was so smart in high school and it is really irritating to always be the
smartest person in class!
Andrea: (Under
her breath) You
sure don't have to worry about that in this class!
(All
laugh except Jamie)
(one
hour later)
Dr.
White: All
right, before break will you all pass your research papers down to the end of
your aisles and I will come by and pick them up.
(Students
all pass their papers down except Jamie)
Jennifer:
Jamie,
where is your paper?
Jamie: Oh,
I haven't done it yet.
Mary: What
a surprise.
Tara: You
know, Dr. White takes ten points off every day a paper is late?
Jamie: Well,
I am so smart I am sure he will give me an 'A' anyhow.
Due dates and penalties are only for people who are not as smart as I am.
My papers are so good they should be publicated.
Bonnie: That's
not a word Jamie.
Jamie: Yes
it is. You sure aren't very smart
or educated, are you?
Sherry: You
sure are conceited Jamie, and Bonnie is right, that's not a word.
Jamie: (Shouting)
Yes it
is!!! It means to publish
something. God, do you all just
have GEDs instead of high school diplomas?
It really ticks me off to have to be in class with people who only have a
GED! I am so much smarter than
that!
Mary: I
swear I am going to shut you up one day!
Tara: (Standing
up) You
know Jamie, a lot of us have GEDs, and we are not stupid.
Jamie: Yes
you are. If you were as smart as
me, you would have graduated from high school.
(Tara
walks out, visibly upset)
Sherry: That
was really mean, Jamie. Some people
have other reasons for not getting diplomas, and it's
not right to
make assumptions about them.
Jamie:
Well,
they’re
just idiots,
and colleges shouldn't let them in so that I have to be in class with them.
Andrea:
God,
Jamie, what were you, the valedictorian of your graduating class or something?
Jamie:
Nope,
but I was 180th out of 202. Man,
those people below me were so stupid! I don’t even know how they let them graduate.
It makes my high school look bad!
Jennifer:
(Sarcastically)
Yes,
if they were stupider than you are then it's a wonder they even made it to high
school at all.
Jamie:
You
got that right!!!
(All
laugh except Jamie who looks around confusedly).
Theme
Sentence: Sometimes
people with low self-esteem feel the need to impress others with their
abilities to make themselves feel better.