Death Of A Student
Oct 14th, 2024 by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
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The email arrives just after 7:30 am, and its subject line is blunt: “death of a student”
You read this slowly. Twice. Open the message. In two sentences, the Dean of Students tells you everything: She was killed in a car accident. They’re working to remove her from your roster.
You delete the message, drag it back out of the Deleted Items folder, read it again.
The news isn’t public yet. You can’t say anything in class.
Her seat is empty. You pass out the day’s reading assignment and have an extra copy, which you quietly drop in the trash.
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