Today, my chemistry teacher set his desk on fire again. According to my count, this is the 3rd explosion/fireball he's let loose in his classroom since school began two weeks ago.

First hour, I was sent out in a team from Yearbook to film the daily announcements. We decided that we'd go around and ask some different teachers to read them off for us.
Our first stop was the front office. Mr. O (the assistant principal) likes to read the first line each day. Today, he decided to follow us around and see how things are done.
Our last stop was Mr. S' room. We passed the Chemistry 101 sign to find Mr. S in a bomb squad uniform, cutting up something on a paper towel. He didn't notice us until we'd already set up, and then he jumped out of his skin.
Maddie, the leader for today, quickly thrust the script into his hands and asked him to read the last line. It was a Smokebusters meeting reminder, which is kind of funny looking back now.
Mr. S wanted to make a big show of being on school TV, so he pulled out a special pair of goggles. They had racing red, blue and green lights; making him look even crazier than he normally does. He turned back to us, said the line five times to himself, and then let us turn the camera on.
"Smokebusters will meet today in room 400. If you wish to join the club, you must be there."
He then picked up a bottle of distiled water, grinned at the camera and said, "Now this is something you don't see everyday." As soon as the water touched whatever that stuff was, it burst into flames.
Mr. O had a huge smile on his face when the last bit died. "I'm coming with you girls for the announcements from now on!"



Later on, I found out that Mr. S is a pyromaniac. He and Senor use to take some of that stuff and throw it into rives, then hide in the woods when the cops came to see who set the river on fire. Mr. S also has used the stuff in swimming pools in the past. He skips them across like rocks and before long the whole pool's on fire.

It's so nice to know my chemistry teacher is as sane as I am.