A Teacher Reborn

ith a mixture of panic and fury. He was a high-achieving student, scholarships

spent hours coaching him for history competitions. He had been grateful then, or so I thought.

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ger, addressed the stunned students. "We have be

r to me, his face paling.

hter deliberately sabotaged us! She wouldn't let us in!" She gestured wildly with her p

ne of the district officials said, his voice col

as holding a tablet. "Perhaps we should start with the sch