Songs of Experience...err....Hypothetical Situation 1
You are a white male first-year teacher in the Mississippi Delta. You also have long hair that people, who are NOT students, have been wont to touch and tug on. Ahh, but how times change...
Halfway through your first year, whilst trying to find ways to burn a 3-hour 4th period scheduling clusterf**k, you sit down to teach chess to some of your freshmen. As you sit and instruct, a student comes from behind you and starts playing with your hair, commenting about "how pretty it is"...
What do you do?
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Even more interesting, and much sadder, one of my most talented honors students has been absent for the last month, and it turns out that her softball coach is accused of an affair of some sort with her. She had come by my room after school early on in the year, and I'd felt uncomfortable being alone in the room with her, so I took the conversation into the hall. She wanted to tell me about her mother who's in jail and her father who's out of the picture; she lives with her grandparents. She was clearly seeking adult attention. I wish I could've protected her in some way.