Perhaps you know how much I enjoy being deeply dragged into an engaging story, and then, only after some time, realizing that it’s a time travel story. If you haven’t yet read this story, then I apologize for depriving you of that pleasure. Now go read it now and find out about why Mrs. Hatcher’s teaching methods are indeed ”best practices.”
What happened in Hatcher’s room?

Variants

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  1. “Mrs. Hatcher’s Evaluation” by James Van Pelt, in Asimov’s Science Fiction, March 2012.
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by James Van Pelt