The morning of 9/11 was my 16th birthday. I was a Junior in high school and I was sitting in Mrs. Geller-Clark’s class when we heard the news. Mrs. G-C turned on a New York radio station and we listened silently, hearts pounding, to the…
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Mr. Boehmler was an absolute legend in my high school. He was in his 60s with a cute old man face and an unrivaled sense of humor. He made my sophomore year in chemistry the absolute most fun science class that I took in high…
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From the time I was a second-grader I wanted to be a teacher. One day, my dad brought home a big white board on an easel with colored dry-erase markers that he salvaged from his work when they moved offices. My parents trash-picked some shelves…
