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It's up, folks. There are spoilers for century old high school literature which maybe you should read

not to shame you but, all right. Okay.

Hey everyone, you're listening to Code Switch from NPR. I'm B.A. Parker. In high school there were books that stuck with me, that shaped me. Night by

Ellie Wazelle, a teenage boy's account of his experience in a Nazi concentration camp.

Things fall apart by Chinawa Achebe about a Nigerian warrior defeated by European

colonialism. The Stranger by Albert Camus about an emo French guy

too cool to feel or whatever. They all took place in different parts of the world and

told completely different stories but I think each of them helped turn on an empathy

valve inside of me. These books helped me navigate the world, but it wasn't just the stories, which I found fascinating.

It was also the way they were taught.

And that got me thinking about the person who was signed all of those

books to me. My high school English teacher.

Hi Miss Bouquet!

Hi, how are you?

I'm okay, how are you? I'm all right. I'm just a little older than I saw last time that I saw you.

I mean say.

Miss Bulgeris taught me in 10th grade honors and 11th grade I B English. From 14 to 16 years old,

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