in the driveway.
Why does the mayor never leave the house anymore? Has his role as leader and teacher ceased? Do the townspeople no longer need him? Rarely do they come to visit, but maybe he can still help the D student applying lipstick at the drugstore. Perhaps the mayor believes his work ended in the classroom, but a teacher's work never ends because we never stop learning. The enthusiastic student will never stop asking questions and the boys in the back of the classroom may need more guidance even after summer vacation rolls around. Yet the mayor remains in the house, quizzing the chandelier and lecturing the wallpaper. For a teacher's work is never over, and their spirit for teaching still burns after their students are dismissed to the world.
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