Chad was really pissed when he got his math test results from last week. He got a big fat F! How can this be? There wasn't any logic to why he had failed cuz his classmate knew the classwork well and helped Chad study all night before the big exam. This being the first big grade of the season he was off to a sore start to his year.

Chad went over the variables and knew most of the problems were right but the teacher failed him anyway making his tempers flare more and more he thought of it. He remembered his teacher looked down on him while he was over at Harold's place the other night. The professor was Harold's father and he brought up his son to be a spoiled little brat at times. He was given everything he wanted - including straight A's in all his classes! He had pull with the academic board to grade his students with a special grading curve but always Harold gets the highest grade... and he wasn't even that smart?

Something had to be done. Chad discussed his issues with the teacher and he said that he simple was messy with his writing and didn't see clearly how he got the answers. He even accused him of possibly cheating! He was over the other night. Harold could have slipped him an answer key? Chad was outraged at this nonsense. Clearly the professor was biased against certain students in the class, and he somehow looked down on jocks with full scholarships. He believed they're freeloaders and shouldn't have earned to right to a free education based on sports alone. Academics is and always will be the future of society sports is just filler to make people laugh off their stress.

After exhausting all his options Chad had only one choice left. If he couldn't beat the system he hadda take the next step, a formal complaint... but then re realized it wouldn't work and will take far too much time to get his grade resolved. His best option was to drop the class and get a different teacher but he wouldn't let pretty boy Harold off the hook; he needed to learn the difference between knowledge and strategy - both go hand in hand to get things done. Every task and problem has 2 sides and clearly this family only believed their one sided outlook on everything in life.

Chad invited Harold over to a friend's house down on the other side of town. It was in the city with lots of people so it's likely no one knows anyone where they went. It was a older 2 story home with a modest basement. There was plenty of space for what Chad wanted to study next...

Upon walking in their friend greeted them and said he had some work to do upstairs and the two boys went over the test results to see where Chad has done wrong. Harold was surprised his father failed him as he had all the solutions right. He asked why? Chad then said... "cuz ur father only cares about you and no one else."

"That's not true! He never says that just says study hard or you won't get a good job etc..."
"Studying isn't everything dude there is also strategy and tatics."
"What u mean?"

"You have to know how to react and adapt to situations at hand like this..."

Harold's eyes opened very wide seeing his friend pulled out some rope and thick red tape from his bag then his jaw opened wide wondering what it was for?
"Now put your hands behind your back, DO IT!!"
"I dunt wanna please no I wanna leave now..."

"I SAID SHUT UP AND DO WHAT I SAY YOU PANSEY! Take it like a man!" "HELLPPP! HEELPP!!"
Harold hoped his other friend will run down and rescue him but he laughed hard upstairs and came down to watch Chad round him up hand and foot in the thick ropes.

"Be sure to tie him tight bro! We can't let him get away haha!" Harold couldn't believe what he was hearing. The two bigger guys had him at their mercy and he couldn't think of what to do. This was his first time ever tied up. He only thought this happened in the movies?

The other guy pulled out his video camera and Harold screamed swiftly before his cheeks were stuck shut by some thick red duct tape. The boy was fully motionless and gagged with the sound of faint mmphs every few breaths.
"What should we do with him? The other guy asked Chad?
"I know, let's send this video to his Dad demanding he either pay a lump sum and give the whole class an A instead of his son, then we'll ship him off to the school as a special delivery with a note saying if you flunk us again we can easily find him again and teach him how the real world works haha! That should get his attention hehe..."
Tied up in a box? Shipped off like a tightly bound package? We can easily get him again? Harold began imagining the world to be a much different place than what his family lead him to believe... oh if he only knew how to properly struggle he could easily loosen his bonds to run away when they weren't looking!

The End

Harold played Dominic
Chad played himself
Photography by Caitiff

Date of Production:09/01/2011