The Backpack Drop Zone: One Sixth-Grade Truth That Exposed Our Quiet Crisis

My phone buzzed again.

Another message from a colleague.

They’re calling you a hero online.

I stared at the screen.

Hero.

That word can be poison, too.

Because heroes are easy to clap for and then forget.

Heroes are a way for people to feel good without doing anything.

I set the phone down.

I thought about that empty hook in my classroom.

About how a duffel continue reading …