Unexpected Reunion by Sean CunninghamJavier Garcia was exhausted. It had been a long, frustrating day of teaching Spanish to high school students, followed by an evening of talking to parents about how their child was doing in his class. Meeting with parents was one part of his job he disliked. He was tired of the parents always trying to blame him for their child’s low grade or make excuses for why their child couldn’t do their homework. He wouldn’t mind it so much if he got to talk to some hot dads, but it was almost always the mother who came to these events.
Javi felt relief when the principal got on the intercom and announced the end of parent-teacher conferences. He quickly grabbed his stuff and was leaving his classroom when a man called to him, “Señor Garcia, would it be possible
