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“It's weird when you hear teachers call each other by their first names. It's like they're friends or something.”

Book:Fruit: A Novel about a Boy and His Nipples

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Fruit: A Novel about a Boy and His Nipples

In this novel, the protagonist navigates the complexities of growing up while grappling with his own body and the expectations placed upon him by society. The narrative delves into the emotional and psychological journey of a boy who faces unconventional circumstances, offering a poignant and introspective look at the human experience. more

Author

Brian Francis

Brian Francis, born in 1971, is an accomplished writer whose works span various literary genres. Known for his profound insights and unique narrative style, his work has garnered critical acclaim and a dedicated following. more

“Go ye, who rest so placidly upon the sacred Bard who had been young, and when he strung his harp was old, and had never seen the righteous forsaken, or his seed begging their bread; go, Teachers of content and honest pride, into the mine, the mill, the forge, the squalid depths of deepest ignorance, and uttermost abyss of man's neglect, and say can any hopeful plant spring up in air so foul that it extinguishes the soul's bright torch as fast as it is kindled!”

Source: The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, His Relatives, Friends and Enemies: Comprising All His Wills and His Ways, with an Historical Record of what He Did, and what He Didn't ...

“I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking.”

Whole Found Class Teacher Fronts Listening To Music Baking

Author:Dan Savage

“Roger Collins wasn't the most popular teacher at school only because he was interesting in class. In fact, most of the girls would have loved a little after-class attention from this teacher.”

Littles Facts School Girl Interesting Attention Class Teacher Roger

Book:Dear Sister (Sweet Valley High #7)

Source: Dear Sister (Sweet Valley High #7)

“Schools and schoolmasters, as we have them today, are not popular as places of education and teachers, but rather prisons and turnkeys in which children are kept to prevent them disturbing and chaperoning their parent.”

Children Today School Parent Teacher Prison Disturbing Education And Teachers

Book:Plays Unpleasant

Source: Plays Unpleasant

“This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.”