White Collar -5minutefreewrite

For https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/day-717-5-minute-freewrite-monday-prompt-white-collar

White collar crime is the worst. We don’t think about the impact it has on-

Sheila felt interrupted by the clatter of books from a desk in the back row. She felt interrupted, but she wasn’t interrupted. She was just anxious. It was the first time she’d expressed her opinions in front of the criminology class, and she felt like an amateur. They all were, of course. Or, not amateurs, but students; but the way she expressed her distaste for white collar crime.. Her thesis statement, she felt like her simple sentences would be judged.

Nevertheless, she persevered. She pointed out that the impact can be widespread, and that it isn’t necessarily the company who is ruined, and in fact sometimes the company comes out fine, but rather the workers who

And on.

There wasn’t much time after the presentation to judge the reaction of her audience, but it still seemed more muted than she’d expected. She’d expected a burst of applause. Or at least a solitary “woo” from Caroline, who always had her back.

But nothing. Crickets. Not even crickets. No, but there were murmurs. Murmurs of students making plans for lunch. She didn’t even shock them into silence. She nonplussed them into ignoring her.

Well,