Archive for November 13th, 2008

Firsts

This fall, as a full-time high-school English teacher, I have

given my first detention ever in my entire teaching career
written individual progress reports on 64 students, all of whom will be staying with me until the end of the year
met more parents of students than in all my previous 15-odd years of teaching combined
shown the vegetable Oedipus, [...]

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