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Lets Do Character Studies

Let’s do character studies she said. I had no idea what she meant. Her mouth was thin and mean-looking when she suggested it. I feel she is wound so tight; her springs might break. I imagine them pinging around the room like bullets. She is the oddest writing teacher I have ever had. She gives us total freedom. Some of us cannot deal with this. We run up to her desk to demand more direction. She smells like old fruit juicy toilet water and she has a turkey neck. What is a character study? I ask her. I do not understand. She refuses to answer. The worst teacher in the entire world. I am slipping from annoyed with her to hating her. I look up and she catches me with her snake-like eyes. She is my kryptonite.

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Date: 4/28/2022 9:15:00 AM
OH, OH, is it something like dissecting a ink and no venom....
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/28/2022 1:11:00 PM
Yes for sure
Date: 4/28/2022 8:10:00 AM
My college poetry teacher said I would never publish, that I should have a good day job. Well, I showed her. I had a poem in Christian Century before the class was over. Later, I realized she had used a bit of psychology on me to get me jumpstarted. I respond to challenges pretty well.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/28/2022 1:11:00 PM
What a slick teacher
Date: 4/28/2022 7:20:00 AM
Reading this reminds me of the women I had in English class as a Freshman in college. She had to pushing 80. She had buried 3 husbands and told us that with great pride. Loved Edgar Allen Poe. Great character study!
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/28/2022 1:11:00 PM
Hahahahahahahahahaha Great one! You need to do her up in a poem Kenneth

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