Where

This kid was sitting in my room, I realized it was his lunch time. “Aren’t you supposed to be somewhere?” I said. New teacher to the school, here is a list of things I didn’t know this morning: If not going to the cafeteria during lunch is a punishable offense. How to print anything. […]

Survey

As I was leaving school, a kid who drove me crazy and the mom he also drives crazy were in the hallway. “You must be Ms Schurman,” she said. “He talks about you.” “Oh,” I said, blah, blah, blah. Neither of us was under the illusion that kid was easy, yet the kid has, since […]

Big

How big is Paris and how big is my father? I was at the theater at a show about a father when it was all happening. Paris is very big, not as big as New York, nothing is. The show, “Fun Home,” is partly about how big your parents are, particularly your opposite-sex parent. If […]

Patience

Although I was in a neighborhood that is that supercool Brooklyn, I entered none of the charming places, instead I went into Dunkin Donuts. Although it was a full sunny day and I had had a perfectly restful and productive morning, I hated everyone and everything, and I had decided the only thing that would […]