Falling Shoes

Yesterday morning during the student gathering I was standing next to the last group of students. While we were waiting for the anthem to play, a pair of shoes came falling to the ground. They landed with a loud 'thunk' and then sat their motionless, waiting for their owner to come claim them.

I found out later that one of the teachers had gone up to the third floor (with a stick) to make sure all the students were downstairs. (I should also say that this teacher never ever smiles.) When he found a group of students still loitering upstairs, he grabbed a pair of shoes from them and threw them over the railing. He then yelled at them (probably something about being responsible), hit them with his stick, and stormed off to find more students.