Why Everyone Needs a Ms. Douglass in Their Life
Meeting someone like ms douglass isn't something you forget easily, especially when you're fifteen and convinced you already know everything there is to know about the world. Most of us have that one educator who sticks in the back of our minds long after the graduation caps have been tossed and the textbooks have been sold back to the campus bookstore. For me, and for a lot of people in my hometown, that person was her. She wasn't just a name on a schedule or a person standing at a chalkboard; she was a bit of a force of nature who seemed to understand us better than we understood ourselves. ...