Personal Stories
Today's featured essay
Allison Lee Merriweather
By Allison Lee Merriweather
The first clue to trouble in school was my slowness in learning the alphabet. I remember my third grade teacher pulling my hair and making me stay in for recess because I kept confusing "b" and "d.".
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