Seventeen Essays with Mrs. Renfroe

Mrs. Renfroe assigned seventeen essays in one semester. Seventeen. My English teacher

has a doctorate in literature and uses it as a weapon against high school students.

Every single class starts the same way. Today we're going to analyze the symbolism

in chapter three, and you'll write a five page essay about it due Friday. Lady,

it's Wednesday. We had an essay due yesterday. She acts like we don't have other

classes, other homework, other lives. One time someone asked if we could

have an extension because we had three tests that week. She literally said, time management

is a skill you need to learn. You know what else is a skill? Not assigning a