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My Responsibility
The Player(s) I watched [the student] like I always did. After a couple of days around the students you teach a teacher’s eye will automatically gravitate to certain students. My eye was always…
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[the student] “Complains” About Me, Too
The Player We had talked. Oh, boy, had we talked. “Your child did this.” “Your child said that.” “I’m concerned about your child’s lack of focus.” “I know how smart your child is,…
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Ineffectual Bureaucracy
[pronoun] wasn’t even in my elementary school class that year. [pronoun]’s teacher came up to me during one of our fairly frequent passing meetings in the hall. My colleague asked: “Would you take…
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Self-Injury to Avoid Learning
Would [pronoun] really go that far just to avoid learning? The Setup My eyes were drawn to [pronoun], as they generally were. If something were to go wrong in the room, if there…
Real Stories from America's Schools
