1st Period

Look at what the teacher left me.

Oh good she has work for them to do.

I don't know French, don't care about French, used to read a lot of Rimbaud

yeah France!

Occurred to me that most French speakers aren't from France but from African countries

what does it matter, I don't know

how will knowing anything help me control these students

students come in at electronic bell

they sit before me

Stand up

I stand up before the class, a tan 31 year old man, shiftless college graduate

“The teacher has assigned you work to do, it is on the board. Please do the work quietly.”

The students are too tired to talk.

I don't care.

Sit down and read the Corrections by Jonathan Franzen.




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