I owe so many English teachers a thank you. Here in Oklahoma, it seemed to the students that the best teachers left for better pay elsewhere. I'm starting to realize some of the English teachers though, they withstood it to slip us materials to teach critical thinking. History teachers tried too. In a culture that shamed me if I was caught reading for pleasure in a Denny's late at night, multiple times. Thank you, teachers who put up with it for us.