The student who, after reading The Odyssey, corners you after class to ask if you also often feel 'like' Odysseus.
The student in your summer section who has a four-leafed clover tattooed on his right calf in green ink.
The student in your summer section who, a week later, also appears with a four-leaf clover tattooed on her right calf in green ink. You notice they start sitting together and, occasionally, giggle.
The student who asks questions that aren’t really questions?
The student who nods her head vigorously as you explicate on the meaning of a text, and then, when you ask her to offer her thoughts on the passage you have just explicated, draws a blank.
The student who was just 'trying to share. '
The student who reminds you on more than one occasion that Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard.
The student who asks if the brown stain on her assignment is a coffee stain?
The transfer student.
The transfer student from Florida.
The student who, in the beginning of her personal essay, pens the following metaphor: Life is a highway.
The student who reminds you of yourself.
