“The Art Of Teaching” by Erin Stalcup

A piece by alum Erin Stalcup (fiction, ’04) appears at Stir:

“That girl can’t roll her Rs.”

That’s the first thing a student ever said about me, my first day of teaching, while I called roll and Yahaira Rodríguez, Dulcita Contreras, Yafreisi Ríos, Ydanis Reyes, Guillermo Méndez, Julissa Cruz, Yakimela Betriz Núñez, Vladimir Díaz, Alfonica Ramirez, and Zuleika Ramirez either were or weren’t there.

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