I was thrown into the classroom on January 20, 2021. I say “thrown” in the figurative sense — no one physically lifted me and tossed me into room 205 — but I also say “thrown” in a somewhat literal sense. When I awoke that morning, I did not know I would be teaching within a few hours. My computer pinged with an email during breakfast, and a little while later, I found myself reading the prologue of Romeo and Juliet to high school freshmen.

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