Frightening Experience Essay

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There are infinite possibilities to what could happen in an hour; sixty minutes is all that takes for a person’s world to fall apart, for lovers to become strangers, for existence to be robbed. In an hour, I experienced the most terrifying time of my life. It was simply a conventional lesson at Ms. Alice’s tuition. Her viciousness was infamous and as we entered, we remembered to thread around her claws, determined not to awaken the beast. However, a new mousey girl did not get the memo and within minutes, we heard Ms. Alice’s voice thundering through the crammed room and immediately, a flash of silence swept all sixteen of us crowding on a tiny table, surrounded by the hollow, dark sky. With curious, naïve eyes, we watched as Ms. Alice pounced on the girl, roaring at her for her lack of knowledge. As a meager eight-year-old, I was terrified by the power of her crude words, how they pierced through the girl, tearing her apart like starved dogs. “Why are you stupid? You’re too dumb to be human. Your mother is wasting your money sending you here!” Ms. Alice had screamed. The girl had burst out into tears. Agitated by her cries, Ms. Alice wrapped her wrinkled fingers over the girl’s ear and dragged her out, deserting her in a room. Despite the wooden doors acting as a barrier, we could hear the sobs racking her body, ringing through the room. The feeling of helplessness drowned me, along with the unavoidable sound of her weeps. Fear enveloped me as I quivered in my pants; the thought of putting myself in her shoes was unfathomable. I held my breath; terrified I would be next on the chopping board. Ms. Alice attempted to continue her lesson but the distracted proved to be a mighty obstacle. I watched in horror as she picked up the cane and opened the door, its sharp end mocking the girl’s tears. To hear the sound of cane against flesh, a young girl’s teary begs

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