Assigned To Do Nothing — How Irritating!

Image by Levi Meir Clancy on Unsplash

I had a job years ago where I was assigned to sit in my room and do nothing.

I brought books to read. I love reading books. But there was something unpleasant about reading in that room.

I was hired to teach band in the Cabrini Green elementary school. I loved the light in the students’ eyes as they made music themselves. I loved the sound that started squawky and…