Plot #1 - PTA meeting

Sketch is the new flash fiction. This time our serious students of English Language & Literature at UFRN produced  some -awesome- plots and characters. Take a look at PTA meeting and say what you think about it.

PTA meeting

In a PTA meeting at an Elementary School, a teacher and a few parents discuss some problems the kids are going through. A single mother arrives late and tries to fit in the conversation by accusing other parents, which generates an uncomfortable discussion among them all. However, the arriving-late-mom finds herself losing an argument against an annoying couple and another single parent. She ends up being called a negligent mother. After the huge conflict is created, the school principal is invited in by the teacher to solve the problem and put an end to the tension. The principal finds out that the alleged negligent mother is actually a little bit irresponsible, since she didn’t realize at first that she was in the wrong room: the PTA meeting was meant for parents of 1st graders, as opposed to her own child, who is in the 6th grade. The late mom leaves the room, and the principal brings up a sensitive subject that had been already discussed (not in a polite way) before.

Characters:

[Jorge] Mr. Clifford Prince (School principal) - A sensible, practical and very hard-working professional, who takes his job very seriously. He is very reasonable and he's always able and willing to solve predicaments.

[Monaliza] Alison Trumble (Teacher) - A sweet and kind elementary school teacher. She loves her job and loves to be around children. But she despises any kind of conflict, which makes her sort of a pushover.

[Raiza] Michaela Jackson (Single mother) - A single mother who is a little bitter towards men in general and also towards happy couples. Because of that, she can sometimes be a little rude to people and she doesn't really think twice before saying anything to them. She is not really skilled at the whole single-parenting thing.

[Leandro] Mr. Sentrygo Shepherd - A business man with a busy schedule. He loves his family very much, though and to compensate for the fact he can't always be with them he will do absolutely everything his wife and son ask him to do. He is usually a very calm person, except when someone says anything bad about his family.

[Vaneska] Mrs. Sandra Shepherd - A sort of obsessive compulsive housewife. She only cares for her husband and son and does not often show any kind of empathy or sympathy towards other people. She can also be a little oppressive sometimes.

[Ud] Robert "Bobby" Smith - A stay-at-home single father. He likes talking about his kids and has a great sense of humor, which not everybody understands. He is likely to be the one trying to make all bad situations funny. He can sometimes be a little bit annoying.