Version 2: Comic Script Version
Panel 1 – Door Close-Up
Close-up of the classroom door sign.
Sign: Disability and Mental Health Class
Panel 2 – Jaiden Outside the Door
Jaiden stands outside, rubbing his
eyes, looking tired.
Narration: Jaiden Jones was half asleep after oversleeping.
Panel 3 – Inside the Classroom
Ben sits at a desk.
Jaiden: Hi, I’m Jaiden. Is this the disability class?
Panel 4 – Ben’s Reply
Ben smiles and points toward the
door.
Jaiden introduced himself to Ben.
Jaiden:
“Hi, I’m Jaiden. Is this the disability class?”
Ben smiled and introduced himself.
Ben:
“Yeah, mate. It is. It even says it on the door.”
Jaiden
and Ben laughed awkwardly.
Oh no… I’m half asleep. I overslept.
Am I late?”
Ben:
“No, mate. You’re just on time. It’s okay.”
Ben: Yeah, mate. It is. It even says it on the door.
Panel 5 – Laughing Moment
Jaiden: Oh no… I’m half asleep. I overslept. Am I late?
Ben: No, mate. You’re just on time. It’s okay.
Both laughs.
Panel 6 – Annie Enters
Annie entered the classroom and
introduced herself and her job role as the lecturer. Ben asked Annie if she had
a learning disability. Annie told Jaiden and Ben about her conditions.
Ben said it sounded like a lot.
Annie replied that out of every difficulty there is an ability. Ben asked what
her ability was. Annie said she was an artist, writer, lecturer, and mentor.
Ben told her that it was great.
Scene 3: Panel 7 Alex Arrives Late
Alex
Drew entered the classroom.
Alex: Sorry I’m late. I was enrolling, I couldn't find the room either."
Alex Confused
Alex lost his map.
Alex: “Which room is this?”
Annie - " Is the Learning Disability and, Mental Health class."
Ben - " It says on the door, mate".
Alex - " Sorry, oh yer it does, I forgot to read it".
Everyone laughs.
Annie - " It's your first day, Alex."
Panel 9 – Thinking Bubble
Close-up of Annie.
Annie (thinking): He could have enrolled weeks ago.
How could Alex miss the course sign on the Board? Not knowing but she entered that Jaiden mislaid the sign.
Panel 10 – Later Truth
Alex enters late.
Alex: Sorry I’m late. I was enrolling.
Panel 11 – Thinking Bubble
Close-up of Annie.
Annie (thinking): He could have enrolled weeks ago.
Annie stayed calm. She did not want
an argument in the class.
In Annie’s thinking bubble, she
thought that Alex could have enrolled a few weeks before the course started.
Annie did not find out until much
later that Alex was lying. He had been listening outside the classroom door to
Annie and the students chatting for the last half an hour to an hour.
As time went on, Annie and Miss
Brown, a former Special Needs teacher who now worked as a trainer and support,
noticed that Alex had no interest in learning disability or mental health. When
they put him on placements, managers reported that Alex did not show up once.
Alex was always saying that he
wanted to be a physiotherapist, but his actions did not match his words.
Annie did not find out until much
later that Alex was lying. He had been listening outside the classroom door to
Annie and the students chatting for the last half an hour to an hour.
Scene 4
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