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The author notices one of his female students cries when it rains. He asks why and finds out her parents work the fields. He also discovers many other things about her and her 6 year old brother.

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The author interviews Susan Gerbic - a Scientific Skeptic. She debunks psychics, mediums, fortunetellers, soothsayers, astrologers, etc. The New York Times (Feb. 2019) wrote an article about her revealing a fraudulent celebrity psychic. She's not a favorite in the anti-science world of money making grief vampires (Those who make money by defrauding and scamming those who need/want to speak with deceased loved ones.) She defines cold reads and hot reads - and plenty more - super interesting...

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A teacher reveals his own border crossing at age 6. His Coyote (A cousin) is offered two bags of groceries for the crossing

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The author sits next to a Korean grandma during Thanksgiving. She reveals how as a 17 year old she fell in love with a North Korean soldier. She details how her family fled north and then back south. Also, how she survived being machine-gunned buy a U.S. plane. And what you eat when you are starving...

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The author is told by a former student, now an inmate, in Level 4 Maximum Security - HOW TO GO FISHING IN PRISON.
The inmate was in solitary confinement for 7 years

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The author a multiple gun owner had this published in the L.A.Times. He's against Teachers having guns in schools.

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The author assigns his 5th grade class to write about something they HAD to do. And one shy, silent boy opens up. In the process he breaks his teacher's heart, but now the teacher understands.

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The author had this article published in the L.A.Times. He tells of a favorite student incarcerated at age 14 for 9 attempted murders. This is a student he taught chess. The former student and teacher play one game of chess for nearly three years via the mail. One letter allows one move. The former student was in isolation for nearly 7 years.

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