Going Home

By Larry Ferlazzo

"Why do you want to come to my house?" responded a parent over the phone after I told her the purpose of my call.

"I just want to come by and introduce myself, meet you, and get ideas from you about how I can be a better teacher for José. He’s doing fine in class, but I’m sure I could be doing something better," I replied.

"Did José do something wrong?" the parent said.

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