I got a letter from a former student the other day, at least he claims he was a former student. Dear Teacher, I took your class many years ago. I had no purpose or goals in life. I was about to drop out of school. Your class was to be my last. On that day […]

Mr. Cruz and Mr. Vargas were both seventeen-year veterans at Golden Gloves High School. They had been best friends for so long they felt like brothers. They lived in the same apartment house on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Both dreamed of becoming the world short story teaching champion. They trained together. Early mornings, […]