“Lessons,” says Audrey. Audrey is the teacher. She has been here for years. “Lessons,” she says again. The class isn’t listening. They are talking amongst themselves. She taps the chalkboard with a telescoping pointer. A few heads turn her way. “I see our time here today is limited,” she says. “So not lessons. Lesson.” Most heads return to their previous position. To those still facing her, she delivers the lesson. “’He or she has achieved x,’” she says, “is not code for ‘I have not achieved x.’” She collapses the pointer. She sits down at her desk. Her lesson spreads like a glow through a room of the blind.
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