Something Extraordinary

Today, when I walked into my dorm's common area, I witnessed something extraordinary.

The first thing I noticed was that it was quiet. Now, this usually means that everyone in the unit has gone out drinking.

However, this was not the case. About half of the unit's residents were sitting in the common room.

Reading.

This is extraordinary because it is something I have never seen any of them do, apart from reading from the "sex" chapter of a Japanese phrasebook, or the positions guide on a box of condoms one of them bought.

And not one of them was drunk or dressed like a dinosaur--also a rare thing.

I guess the beginning of the academic year makes students of us all.