History’s Missing Pages

The most dangerous weapon ever created wasn't a gun or a bomb, it was a history

book with missing pages. We are opening on a classroom that is so quiet you

can hear the dust settling on the floorboards. It’s that early morning stillness,

the kind that feels heavy before the day even starts. The light is cutting through those tall,

old windows, hitting rows of scratched-up wooden desks. These desks have

seen generations of kids sit, listen, and leave, but the story being

told at the front of the room hasn't changed in fifty years. A teacher is standing

at the chalkboard. You hear the dry scratch of chalk. Scritch, scratch.