Originally Posted by jwb

I remember I was in the remedial math class with a bunch of little thugs cause I didn't care about school and didn't go to class often.

And we had this one teacher in 10th grade who came in all enthusiastic and new to the trade. She had to be in her late 30s or early 40s but she was relatively young looking. Very enthusiastic and the kind who tries to be friends with the kids.

Over the course of that one semester I watched her wear down. Saw grey hairs popping up by the end of it. Wasn't quite how you see in Dangerous Minds etc.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.