Summary
While I was marking my students’ journals, one entry left me staring in disbelief: [My brother has been in the duck business for years, but now, all of a sudden, he can’t keep going anymore…] For the sake of my student’s physical and mental well-being, I decided to ask his older brother in for a talk. Who knew the student would get the wrong idea and insist on introducing his brother to me instead? I declined as tactfully as I could. “I’m not really interested in men in the escort business…” But the student didn’t understand. Instead, he got anxious. “My brother doesn’t have to make duck! What about chicken? If he makes chicken, would you like that, Teacher?” Me: ?