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13 Seasons in Hell
Tuesday 02 September 2003
The night before I was forced out of my job, I worked the scoreboard for the girls' basketball game against Sparta. Seated next to me doing the books was Barb, the mom of a former student of mine. I asked how John was doing in college, and she said he was doing very well. He'd told her he was going to be a math teacher, and that the reason he'd chosen that career was from the time he'd spent in my class. It was bittersweet to hear. This was the third time I'd heard of a Holmen student following my footsteps because of the impressions they'd gained in my class. I was an inspiration, and it will be interesting to see in ten years what legacy I truly left behind.
A week after leaving the high school, I received the following email from Claire:
| hey guy, how's everything? it's really not the same at all without you here. i find myself in the morning and after school and between classes with nothing to do, and i think, 'oh well i'll just go and talk to jones'. yeah. i can't. nothing exciting's really happened lately i guess. heather and kevin broke up today, that's about it. show choir's not doing so hot, but oh well, who cares. i think the hardest thing is that today in shakespeare we finished watching the dead poets society. i was really hoping that after you left i wouldn't have to watch that movie for a long time. when you did leave, i just wanted to stand on my desk and say 'oh captain my captain'. the situation in the movie just seems so similar - conformity is good, you don't need to think for yourself. dan's in the class, so we just kinda looked at each other and didn't say anything. it's really hit all of us hard, especially me dan and jj. [the prinicipal's] not really talking to me much anymore...maybe he thinks that i hate him. sadly, i sort of do. not really hate him, but i've just lost a little respect for him. one last parting thought....i haven't said this to anybody yet....i'm thinking about giving jj a chance and seeing how it goes...hmmm. just a thought. hope everything's going well, we miss you insanely.
oh captain my captain
-Claire | |
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