Octavia E. Butler - Earthseed, Book 1 -… [900]

I don’t know how long it can last, but in some way that I suspect is not quite legal, Cory has taken over part of the job Dad held for so long. She’ll give the classes Dad gave. With the computer hookups we have already in place, she’ll issue assignments, receive homework, and be available for phone and compu-conferences. — , Octavia E. Butler - Earthseed, Book 1 -…, 900

Note

A quiet act of institutional forgery is narrated in the flattest administrative register — ‘issue assignments, receive homework, compu-conferences’ — as if describing normal schoolwork. The irony sits entirely in the gap between the deadpan logistics and the phrase ‘not quite legal,’ and in how ordinary the takeover sounds.