FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

I Knew Right Away It Was Going to Be a Long Year

My 100-word, micro-fiction about my first day teaching freshman English.

Stephen Dalton
2 min readJul 17, 2020

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Man writing on a blackboard
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It was my first day of teaching freshman English at the high school. The kids all filed into the class and sat looking up at me. I had written my name upon the board.

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Stephen Dalton

Stephen Dalton is a retired US Army First Sergeant with a degree in journalism from the University of Maryland. Top Writer in Investing, Business, & Bitcoin!