It started on a Tuesday in September. Miriam had just finished her third-period Grade 7 class—energetic, chaotic, and full of the particular brand of hormonal confusion that only twelve-year-olds can produce. She sat down to update her digital gradebook. The new school software, "EdUnity 3000," required teachers to upload a "Class List Answer Key" before generating seating charts, attendance sheets, and parent communication logs.
"What am I even supposed to answer?" she muttered. 7.2.8 Teacher Class List Answers
She went down all 32 names. By the end, the "Teacher Class List Answers" wasn't a sterile data form. It was a field guide. It started on a Tuesday in September