I wanted to be a teacher but they made me a cop

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The conundrum in every classroom

Photo cred: my dad Here’s one of the weirdest parts of teaching: students tell you when they have diarrhea. To be clear, I don’t want to know when my students have diarrhea, and I don’t ask them. They just tell me. Every week, I get emails about upset stomachs, as well as strange coughs, sick grandmothers, suicidal friends, canceled flights, and family emergencies. One student cornered me after class to tell me he’s been absent so much because he’s both getting divorced and starting a business. (“Please don’t worry about it,” I said.) Another time, a student apologized for missing class;…

I wanted to be a teacher but they made me a cop

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