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The short story “The School”, written by Donald Barthelme, gives an inside look at a classroom where death seems to be a haunting theme for the students and the teacher. It opens with a memory of the trees that the students planted as part of their education. The shift takes fast when the trees die.…

There are two types of people in my life: those for whom I want to do better and those despite whom I want to do better. I sat at my desk looking at what might have been my best work. My fingers clenched unto the notebook; I could barely stay in my seat. A combination…