I smile back.
And then I see what’s taped to my classroom door.
A printed screenshot.
A social media post.
A photo of my coat rack.
My Coat Library sign.
My handwriting.
Underneath it, a caption in bold:
THIS TEACHER IS DOING MORE THAN THE WHOLE DISTRICT.
There are hundreds of comments.
Thousands of shares.
And the kind of digital flame that spreads fast because it tastes like moral superiority.
I stand there for a second, holding my keys, reading the comments in the hallway like a teenager.
Half of them are praise.
