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Prompt

In a public high school AP History classroom in suburban Ohio during late morning, harsh fluorescent ceiling lights flatten the room as students sit frozen at their desks. Mr. Harrison, a white American man in his early 40s wearing a wrinkled dress shirt and tie, strides down the aisle with tight jaw and simmering rage, while Emma, a white American 16-year-old in thrift-store clothes, stands beside her desk with her shoulders tense and chin lifted. Medium shot follows Harrison as he closes the distance; close-up on his hand clamping around Emma’s upper arm as her eyes widen and her breath catches. Phones rise in the background, trembling hands already recording. Harrison growls, “Sit down and shut up.” Emma pulls back and says, “Don’t touch me.” The camera snaps to a close-up of Emma’s arm twisting in his grip, then holds on their locked eye contact as the room hums with panic and suppressed gasps. No logos, no brand names, no signage, no watermarks, no text overlays. Tension peaks with low, pulsing music and the sharp scrape of a chair on tile.