Lori Manora is a school teacher in Manchester, Michigan. She has been teaching over the past 12 years there. She has been married to her husband Tom for 16 years now. Lori and her husband own a house just inside the city limits. As a teacher she has helped many students over the past to grow up and be successful in life. It is now the summer time and she is...
Sarah Stevens, the high school gym teacher for Westville High school, walked down the hallway of the school toward the principal’s office. She had proposed a new after-school program to the school board several weeks ago to begin an optional class for seniors in aquatics. Today was the day she would hear from the Principal about whether or not the program wa...
Ch. 01: Mom in a school uniform 'That was your school on the phone! You've been skipping classes!' Rose crossly spoke. 'Sorry mom. I went the first day, but it was so different, I didn't know anyone. . .' Janice shrugged. 'We had to move to a cheaper apartment, you know that. I'm sorry about the change of schools, but we just have to make the best of it,'...
Joan ran down the hallway of her school as fast as she could. "Aaron!" she hollered. "Wait up!" The boy with shaggy brown hair hurried out the front entrance of the building without turning around or uttering a single word. "Aaron!" Joan bounded through the door not far behind her classmate. "Aaron, please talk to me!" Finally Aaron halted, spun around an...
I have always had this fantasy...and it finally came a reality this past summer..... As summer days pass, the thought of heading back to work slowly creeps into my head again and the many things I have to do, get done, and prepare, for that first day back at work....when the bell rings again. Usually it's a pretty easy process...setting up, labelling, s...
Soon it was the last week of the school year and I stood before my class ready to teach. Would I survive the school year without being stripped in front of my students, I wondered in a confused haze as I gave my class a practice quiz and sat down? As usual, I was caught up in a confusing array of emotions. The sensible part of me was happy at the prospect o...
Carmen chugged from the can of Coke in her hand and let out a monstrous belch. “URRRRRrrRP!” She bellowed before tossing the empty can over her shoulder. Carmen Thompson was a total tomboy who was known to be quite the delinquent around her town of Bayweather. She had been to juvenile hall once before, and came back even worse behaved than she had previously...
Chapter 1 An unusual biology lesson "Please don't make me go in there. I don't want to." Emma had spent most of the journey pleading with her father like this. It hadn't worked. He stared out of the window at the students heading up the steps and disappearing inside. They all looked so studious, businesslike. He liked the thought of his daughter studying...
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I was taking meditation classes at a local center. There was going to be a special guest coming and I decided to attend. I arrive that Saturday morning and found a place to sit. As we were waiting, in walks a neighbor of mine, Lisa. Lisa was probably in her late twenties. I sometimes wondered about her and her husband. They had four kids already and they see...