A Fish With Legs

Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People by Chris Gethard

Sep 22, 202601:10:20Society & Culture

A middle school Spanish teacher calls before first period to talk with Gethard about her deskless classroom, eating chocolate in front of her students, and finding an identity beyond teaching through slam poetry. Plus: a...

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