The Eye and I

“According to my waterproof watch with the Velcro band and digital read-out I had been in the shower exactly 38 minutes, 42 seconds. See, I planned to stay in the shower the rest of my life. That way, I wouldn’t have to go back to my fifth grade classroom and face . . . The Eye.” Jeffrey's fear of the electronic eye of the video camera nearly paralyzes him when he discovers he must make a filmed speech before his fifth grade class, but then he comes up with a sensational idea.