Their teacher's biggest secret was that she hated people. She hated having to teach because she had to interact with people. She hated smiling at people. She hated thinking of other people. She hating having to worry about other people. Miss Declan hated people, but her students never knew it. Even when she told them, they didn't believe her because she'd smile and help them get their work done, and they improved over the semester. They would write her good reviews and say how much she cared for them, but secretly: she hated people.
Miss Declan wished for nothing more than to go home and be quiet. Talking all day made her hate the sound of her own voice. She worried about her students all the time, and it made her ill. She hated her own brain for making her think of them. What Miss Declan wanted was a job where she didn't have to talk to, or plan for, or care about other people.
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