A Letter to a Teacher Who Made a Difference
You are so long dead; it's hard to believe you're alive in me and now in my plays. If you'd prefer to rest, I apologize. Todd Susman, ma'am: Class of '65; you threw me out of "Honors English?" Of course I deserved it; I deserve it every time I defile a keyboard. Essay in hand, you said, "Tawd, you're better than this. You don't demonstrate sufficient hunger to learn." I responded, "I would, Mrs. Hollander, bu…