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This "Back to School" story was told Sept. 9 as part of Tell It Like It Is: Iowa Storytellers Project, a project funded by the Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation in partnership with the Des Moines Register. It can be republished by any Iowa newspaper. The next event is Feb. 10 with a theme of “Hearts on Fire.” Charitable proceeds from this year's event help finance Register internships.

Quinn Whitaker as told to Courtney Crowder

I’ve been a high school English teacher for a decade. Teenagers scare the living s--- out of me. And they should. Like most adults, I was once a child.

Let’s revisit 2007, a truly strange time. 2007, where AI slop is Iverson’s shot selection against the Spurs. 2007, where J.K. Rowling is the darling of liberal America. 2007, where we don’t need

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