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The 51st phone call.

Publication: The Horn Book Magazine
Publication Date: 01-MAR-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
There are days when teaching resembles, more than anything else, a juggling act--and it was on one of those days that I first spoke with Virginia Buckley, then at Lodestar. It was an advising day, when I would have meetings with seventy-five students about their schedules, few of which could be easily fixed, and all of which would take "just a few minutes"--which was never true.

So--and dear reader, you must understand the context so that you will not think I am a complete jerk from what follows--I am in my office. I...

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