The First Coming of the Future

I look at the watch above the blackboard. 14:55. I have to spend another five minutes listening to Jay arguing with our history teacher, again, about the specifics. Specifics that are important to no one else but him. And the worst part is on a Friday like this, just before a long weekend, teachers normally dismiss their classes early, but because Jay insisted on proving to everyone he was right, it looks like we’re gonna have to be saved by the bell.
“Sir, I’m not saying you’re wrong……..well, actually, I am saying you’re wrong. Small changes and adaptations in their beaks simply cannot justify the giant leaps you are suggesting,” Jay says.
“Okay, humor me, young man. How can you be so sure that our species was there from the beginning and didn’t evolve from a less developed species?” Mr. Lowinski asks him, pushing his brown framed glasses closer to…