QWMRTY, the new QWERTY

So I was Math class on Wednesday and we were working on our internal assessments. We need to type them, so Mrs. Hessler brought the laptops for us to use. The laptops are famous for being rrriiidddiiicccuuulllooouuussslllyyy sssslllloooowwww, and they often take their own sweet time logging in. Arthur's was taking longer than usual- he had been waiting almost ten minutes, give or take. After some complaining directed at the students whose computers were working better, his finally came around. With a sigh of relief, he started up Word, and went to begin typing. When he looked down, he realized something was wrong. From the frustrated scream he made, so did the rest of us. Several students gathered by his desk to see what was up, and this is what they found:


Now I know what you're thinking: "What's wrong with that? It's just a keyboard. Besides, it's too blurry to see anything." I know. I'd like to blame the inadequacy of camera phones, but as you can see it was just my shaky hand. Luckily, I had the foresight to snap some close-ups:



Yes. Someone had taken out almost all the keys and put them back in the wrong places. Wow. Only At IA, right? So anyway, everyone but Arthur thought it was hysterical. Especially me. We were laughing at him for not realizing it earlier, as well as at the genius of whoever had done it, but he was mad about the wasted ten minutes, as he had to get another computer. He tried to put them back, but Mrs. Hessler suggested that we let Mrs. Miner take care of it so Arthur wouldn't get in trouble if he broke it. In retrospect, probably a good idea.

Special thanks to Arthur for letting me use his name and to Mrs. Hessler for permission to take these photos without fear of my cell phone being confiscated.