Tricky Old Teacher Mary -

When Mary finally retired, the line of former students at her farewell party stretched out the door and down the block. They didn't come to talk about the curriculum or the state exams. They came to swap stories about the time she tricked them into learning.

: “I tried to fire Mary twice. Once because a parent complained she made their daughter cry. The daughter came to the school board meeting and defended Mary, saying, ‘She made me cry because I realized I’d been coasting for three years. I needed to cry.’ I learned to just let Mary teach.” Tricky Old Teacher Mary

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