What Would You Expect?

[344 words] If you got in your car and drove in the direction given by a sign that said “Paducah, KY–20 miles,” what would you expect to find after driving twenty miles? If you passed a sign that said the are you were driving in an area patrolled by policemen with radar, and you drove twenty miles over the speed limit, past a police car in that area, what would you expect to happen? If you walked into a store and saw racks of books, and you saw a store employee step behind a cash register, looking toward you and the book you were carrying, what would you expect to happen? If you decided to take a class at a local university and the teacher handed out copies of a syllabus that stated there would be a total of three tests in the coming semester, what would you expect? If…