Rod Serling, writer and host of the fabled Twilight Zone television series, once observed that "Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull".

It is August first, and in some parts of the country, schools are going back into session as early as next week. Can you hear the groans? And the snickers, too, from the kids whose districts have another month before they start up again. But all too soon, schools across the country will once more be in session.