I am sitting at my desk falling in and out of consciousness, as paper airplanes and spitballs whiz past my head. I stare absent-mindedly at the back wall where "MR DUEK IS GAY" is crudely written in bright blue letters with permanent marker. I squint to see the letters more closely and notice that someone has scribbled "I NOW" with a black pen beside the original statement. Underneath the two messages is a badly drawn penis. There are a lot of badly drawn penises in my classroom; three of them occupy spots on the seats of random classroom chairs, others live between the worn pages of various Shakespeare texts, accompanied by the occasional message, "turn to page 42!" Incidentally, on pg. 42 is yet another badly drawn penis, underneath the heading, "Ur MuM". I debate taking
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