- …..he was visited one night in his dreams by a stern math teacher from nearly a lifetime earlier. How eerie is that, might I ask?! And why did this occur?! He had never really liked the guy personally—he was too pompous and arrogant and full of himself— although Fred had to admit the teacher in question was an astute pedagogue and a worthy practitioner of his chosen profession. But still…..the episode made no sense, no sense whatsoever! That chapter in his life was over two score ago, and to have it dredged up and involuntarily thrust upon him now in asymmetrical, nonsensical fashion when his conscious defenses were temporarily relaxing and on furlough…… The whole thing just seemed utterly bizarre, and I imagine that is one of the foremost reasons why those rogue, extraneous thoughts from the night before last passed the Board Exams with flying colors to be officially certified as nighttime dreams…..
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