The Care And Handling Of Roses With Thorns - Plot & Excerpts
It’s almost as bad as a rainy day, which any teacher will tell you also turns students into restless beasts. My classes will not shut up, will not concentrate. Instead of forcing them, I give into the flow. I put on a video I have ready for such occasions, a BBC-produced romp about diseases, hand out worksheets asking them a few questions about the movie to encourage them to pay a bit of attention, and then I sit at my desk and look up roses all day. At least I’m not failing them for their muddle-headedness. That ought to please Dr. O’Malley. This worksheet will be worth ten measly points, but they will be able to take home a paper reading 100 percent to their doting parents, who will think, “At last! Miss Garner is recognizing my child’s superior intellect!” I giggle to myself. I hadn’t seen Dr. O’Malley except in passing since he made my classroom visit. He nodded to me in the hallway this morning, gravely.
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