For Regular People

Only once did I sit on the floor of the bathroom and cry, and I locked the door to do it, so I could really let it go, and I felt a lot better afterward. When I wanted to run from the classroom, I stood my ground and didn’t remember to take deep breaths or […]

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 […]