Conventional wisdom holds that people, particularly women, become schoolteachers because they enjoy the company of children. Let me state, for the record, that I do not subscribe to this point of view, and if more elementary educators viewed the profession as I do, our nation would not be faced with the kind of intractable problems it must grapple with today.
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He had found a packet of matches—doubtless these were easy to procure, as his mother smelled strongly of cigarette smoke—and used them, when my back was turned, to set fire to the papers on my desk.
I maintain that my response was appropriate and justified, and I will continue to do so for the duration of my incarceration.
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He had found a packet of matches—doubtless these were easy to procure, as his mother smelled strongly of cigarette smoke—and used them, when my back was turned, to set fire to the papers on my desk.
I maintain that my response was appropriate and justified, and I will continue to do so for the duration of my incarceration.
