HW 48 - Treatment for Savior/Teacher Movie

The teacher wakes up, he has a slightly scruffy beard and he lives alone. He wakes up with a hacking cough and immediately lights a cigarette. He sits on the edge of his bed and smokes while the the cloud like vapors build up around him. His apartment is a disaster, there are magazines everywhere, as well as old pizza boxes and beer bottles. He has dirty clothes everywhere. He gets up and showers, finds clothes that seem clean, grabs his bag and a banana and walks out the door.

He takes the train to work. Its 7 in the morning and the commute is starting. There are men in business suits everywhere as just people going to work. They all seem to be awake and clean and have a purpose. He felt left out yet again. He gets out of the train and has a cigarette on the way to work. He puts it out and walks into his building.

Its 7:30 so the school is still pretty empty, he has an hour to set up before the kids get there. He goes and sits at his desk and looks at the notes he wrote last night, they wont be of help, the writing is eligible and there are some weird stains on them. He needs to cut down on his drinking but he wont. He is verbally disheveled when his students arrive. He has been teaching for 10 years and because of that he knows all the excuses to not do something. But for some reason he can never convince himself to ever change and step up and forget about her.

He sits down at his desk and waits for his class. He dreams about his wife and how much he really missed her.

Since she died his life has been on a real downturn. He drinks and still tries to teach. The students know how smart he is and how good of a teacher he is, but very few of them know what really happened to him. They just know that he isn't the same person who he used to be. His eyes have lost their twinkle and his face has lost a smile. Its like a big part of him died with her. Everyday he wishes he had her back but he never will.

His students walk in and he jumps up. They all go to their seats silently and get out the work. Not one student talks and they all do their work silently and the teacher stands and watches. He doesn't want to say anything and doesn't need to either. He helps the students if they need it but otherwise he doesn't talk. He stands at the front of the room and watches the students. Everyday he does this and everyday he sinks more into a depression. The students begin to notice when he stops talking in general and everything slowly falls apart.

They try to help him, but there is nothing they can do. He is a lost cause but he is still their teacher and he can't afford to retire just yet. Slowly the students come to him one on one after school and begin to talk to him. They talk about school, the students home lives and things like that. He beings to see what they are getting at and tells them what they want to hear, but is still unable to move on. He keeps teaching, but every day he is haunted with his wife's death. He finds a new love in teaching and is slowly able to move on and become the person who he used to be.