The attention was flattering. For the first five minutes. Now I know how poems feel.

Margaret Edson
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  1. Classroom teaching withholds nothing. I say to my young students every year, “I know how to add two numbers, but I’m not going to tell you.” And they laugh and shout, “No! ” That’s so absurd, so unthinkable. What do I have that I would...

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