Back Rub: Story about a cop who stops a young boy for minor traffic violations. Then, one evening, he gets in the car with the boy and gives him a back rub. Boy, freaked out, gets the cop away. The boy has somehow failed to get into college so is delivering pizzas. Later, he is called out to deliver to . . . the cop. Another creepy encounter, the cop is later fired.
Liked this story very much because it captures my personal experiences perfectly -- nothing "really" happened, but the sense of danger, creepiness is captured. And that creepiness is something.
Grade My Teacher: High school teacher goes on-line to see her "grades" from students. She is middle-low and is depressed by it. Reads one: "This teacher called me a fat pig." Totally unfair, she never did it. She figures out the girl who wrote the review, confronts her at Starbucks . . . only the confrontation turns into a mutual spilling of sadness over weight/life/men. That night the teacher goes on-line and writes the review she believes she deserves and posts it.
Not many stories champion the mediocre who try hard, and this one does. Again, another really well-written story.
Liked this story very much because it captures my personal experiences perfectly -- nothing "really" happened, but the sense of danger, creepiness is captured. And that creepiness is something.
Grade My Teacher: High school teacher goes on-line to see her "grades" from students. She is middle-low and is depressed by it. Reads one: "This teacher called me a fat pig." Totally unfair, she never did it. She figures out the girl who wrote the review, confronts her at Starbucks . . . only the confrontation turns into a mutual spilling of sadness over weight/life/men. That night the teacher goes on-line and writes the review she believes she deserves and posts it.
Not many stories champion the mediocre who try hard, and this one does. Again, another really well-written story.
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