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Every September, as the first
day of school approaches,
I spend a lot of time thinking
about darkness. Perhaps other
teachers would say the same,
jokingly. But I teach a high school
course on trauma literature.
So the question of darkness—
of how much trauma to expose
my students to, and why I’m doing
it—is, very sincerely, on my mind. ▶
SOCIETY
THE RESILIENCE
OF SNOWFLAKES
By Kate McQuade