I had just graduated college with a teaching degree in English and I was burdened with debt that would be with me for decades. I decided to accept a position at a title one inner city high school in hopes of making a difference in my soon to be students’ lives, plus the bonus was a nice incentive too. I prepared my classroom for the coming school year and looked forward, not without some anxiety and hesitation, to meeting my new students. I was in for a really rude awakening that first day when the...
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Cutters Creek
“I say that we’ve got to do something. The ignorant savages and their unchecked breeding is costing the state millions,” Cindy had just exclaimed. “If we don’t, soon we’ll be as bad off as the folks up in Fertile Valley.” “You don’t know what you’re talking about, you silly twit,” Alexi replied. The friction that was developing between Cindy and Alexi did neither of them any good. Why couldn’t the two women see that it was circumstances, not the other’s fault. They had a problem and needed to work together. Both women had been under...
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