Shying away

In the past two days I have discovered that I’m not half as intimidated by people as I thought I was.
 
Now I generally give off this cocky confident persona, not purposely, I just happen to have good posture, so it comes out that way. In any case, I’m incredibly curious about people, and terribly shy [...]

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A Waste in Time

I always thought I was somehow an inadequate English teacher because I refused to read certain works of classic literature. The reason I refuse to read these books are usually due to negative exposure to them when I was younger. I hate reading books that are forced on me, books that get too good a [...]

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Nice = Boring

My students often ask me why literary characters are so weird. They all have personality quirks, tragic flaws, weird habits, crazy situations, no one can just be. I’ve always told them simply, “nice people are boring”
 
Nice people are boring to be with, sure their nice, but you’re not walking away with anything. Not saying that [...]

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