October 16
Sometimes They Come Back (on LaserDisc) is a 1991 TV movie. Its plot is based a Stephen King short story from the book Night Shift. In the film, Tim Matheson plays a newly hired English teacher who has a class of seniors that become so wild that he loses his temper on his first day.
I can relate.
The first class I ever "taught" was Journalism One. The room was full of seniors who were expecting a different teacher (I was hired on August 24), and they became hostile when I wouldn't let them leave to go get breakfast. To make things worse, I had under-prepared my first lesson, and they had too much downtime. Soon they were loudly laughing, swearing, and shouting across the room at each other and also completely ignoring my pleas to quiet down. I eventually pulled an elementary teacher's trick and turned all the lights off to get their attention. I honestly was afraid that my principal was going to walk in and fire me on the spot. What a terrible experience.
When the bell finally rang, I went next door to the boy's bathroom. I looked around to make sure that I was alone, and then I clenched my teeth and side kicked the metal wall of the stall as hard as I could.
The dent was there until the school was torn down 14 years later.
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