Thewavebook

The Wave

A classroom experiment that went too far...

Tuesday, December 18, 12

There oncewas a

historyclass...

They learnedso many interesting

thingsthat happened

a long time ago.

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


One day,the students

learned about a man called Hitler,

and his army called the Nazis...

They learnedthat he

was a very bad man.He did many bad things to people

that were different to him.

He tookchildren away

from their families,

and made them very sad.

But one history lesson changed everything...


The studentsasked why he would

do such things...

But the teacher,Mr. Ross, could not answer.

He did not know why.


But then, hehad an idea!


He decided tocreate a way of

discipline called the Wave,where everyone

had to follow, and respect the leader.

The same way the Nazis were

disciplined.

This was tounderstand

howthey felt

while they did those

horrible things.


A few weeksafter they started the

experiment...

Everyone wasjoining it, becauseit made them feel

so special, and confident.

It made themfeel like leaders.

And made those who felt like they could do nothing, special

and powerful.Tuesday, December 18, 12

Even Mr. Rossdeeply enjoyed it.

He liked the feelingof being a leader.

He liked the powerthat came with himbeing the creator of

The Wave...


But soon, peoplebegan to feel

TOO confident...

They were so deepinto the Wave, they began

to hurt others whoweren’t part of it.

But unaware of this, Mr. Rossstill kept the Wave

going...


Two students, Laurie and David, who saw the Wave for what it was

becoming.They explained to Mr. Ross

how the Wavewas getting out of hand.

They were afraid thatmore 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 angrywith Mr. Ross, and toldhim to do something

about it, and save the studentsfrom harm.


But under allthis pressure,

Mr. Ross thought of a plan.


He decided tohave a gathering

for all the Wave members

The Wave membersthought it would be about

how the Wave couldgovern the whole school!

But in fact...


It was to tellthem how theywere too caughtup in the Wave.

He showedthe students

the filmabout the Nazis

they watched before.

He talked to themabout how they

were becoming likethe Nazis. How they

would hurt a non-wavemember; and how similar

that was to what the Nazis did.


To wrap upthe assembly,

Mr. Ross apologizes too.

He apologizes forletting things get out of hand

After all, the whole pointof the Wave

was to have their questions answered.


When the assembly was over,

many peoplewere sad,

and shocked.

However, theydid learn a valuable

lesson.


They learned that powershould not influence how

they treat others.

Because they feltpowerful joiningthe Wave, they

felt that everyone should be

a part of it; and harmed anyone

who wasn’t.


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