A queue of 14-year-olds has formed outside my classroom. There is no teacher inside because I have forgotten I’m meant to be teaching Year 10 first period. Late and panicking, I hurry to greet my students but can’t remember their names and don’t recognise their changed faces behind their masks. With no lesson prepared I stand rooted to the front of the class — as the government has instructed all teachers to do — and start singing (badly) the songs from the musical Hamilton. At this point, the principal walks into my classroom and asks what the hell I think I’m doing.
一队14岁的孩子排在我的教室外面。里面没老师，因为我忘了我是来给10年级的学生上第一节课的。我迟到了，还慌慌张张的，我急急忙忙和学生们打招呼，但想不起他们的名字，认不出口罩后面谁是谁。没备课的我纹丝不动地站在教室前方——就像政府指示所有老师要做的那样——开始（难听地）唱起音乐剧《汉密尔顿》(Hamilton)中的歌曲。就在这时，校长走进了教室，问我到底在干什么。