WHEN ARE YOU LEAVING? It was the last day of the summer session, and my students kept coming up to me, asking the same thing over and over, the way children do. I told them that all the teachers were going to meet at 6:30 a.m. to leave for the airport. “Teacher, we come and see you off,” they said, repeatedly. All of us knew they could not do that, as it would mean deviating from the schedule. Even though our dormitory buildings were next to each other, they could not just roll out of bed and come outside to say goodbye. Yet they kept promising. Teacher, we see you off tomorrow morning. One
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