Assassins in School

By; Claire Booth

            Ms. Nye’s sophomore English classes were filled with assassins. A while ago, they were reading a Shakespearian play titled, ‘Julius Caesar’, which inspired a game that they played. In this story, Caesar was murdered by one of his friends, which is probably how some students ‘died’ in the game.

            This game helped display betrayal between friends, like Caesar and Brutus. Caesar was killed by the hand of Brutus, along with the other conspirators, to get what he wanted. It shows how people, even back in the day, backstabbed one another, but in a fun way. You learn how to be shady in this game. What I mean by that is, act friendly to everyone but don’t trust anybody, not even your closest friend. The winner of this game got to pass on the test that the class took at the end of the story. Who doesn’t want that? The way that you would win this game is to get the highest ‘body count’ or ‘kills’ and be the last one alive at the end.

            Of course, with any game, you must have rules. One of the big rules is; you must wear the button you received on the first day of play, and you must make it visible to other players. If you forget it, you don’t play for that day. But forget it again, and you’re out. The other big rule is that you must have your ‘target’ card. It contains the person’s name that you are supposed to kill, and without it, you cannot play for that day. If you receive someone that you don’t know; hope that they have a Facebook, because you cannot switch with someone else. Ms. Nye will know if you do, she has a chart that has everyone’s name on it, along with who they are supposed to kill. The only official play time is during school; between classes and at lunch. After school athletics, band, and extracurricular don’t count. There are only two safe zones as well; the classroom, that you are scheduled to go to, and the restrooms.

            How do you know if there is cheating going on? Well, that’s the purpose of The Senate. This is a group of some students, and the leader, Ms. Nye. Anything that they say is cheating will not be argued with, and the cheater will be taken out of the game. Only Ms. Nye has the power to bring people back, but only if their ‘death’ was due to a student’s cheating.

            Monday, November 15 is when this game officially ended. There was a tie between DJ Johnson, who never died, and Taylor Werst with ten ‘kills’. Because it was a tie, neither of them had to take the test. The second place spot was taken by Matt Lawrence, with four ‘kills,’ and his prize was ten extra bonus points on his test. If you have any younger siblings and they have pleasure of getting Ms. Nye as an English teacher, tell them about this amazing game. I know they’ll enjoy it.