School continues, but your lessons are done. Your empty desk and chair are a reminder you’re no longer here.
Why did you play with that abandoned gun in the alley? Senseless tragedy put your ten-year timeline to an end.
A lesson learned too hard, one our class will never forget.
Shawnta S. Barnes is a literacy coach in Indianapolis Public Schools, an adjunct instructor at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis School of Education, and a 2016-2017 Teach Plus Teaching Policy Fellow.
Dear S Barnes,
OMG, what a heart-wrenching story.
I only hope that it is fiction, not fact.
Well done !
JT
Hi JT,
Thanks for you comment. Unfortunately, this is a true story.
Shawnta
that was very good straight to the point
Thanks for your comment.
Shawnta