Review: On English Teacher,' School Is a Battlefield
Briefly

"Public schools are an exception. There, the state infantry of teachers, enlisted to handle potentially explosive ideas, face wave after wave of challenging students, backed by air support from helicopter parents."
"Evan's real troubles begin, however, when he learns that he's under investigation after a rich, influential parent reported him for having kissed his ex-boyfriend in front of students."
"One of Evan's students suggests he claim discrimination as a gay Hispanic, but another says, Gay doesn't count anymore, and he talks like a straight white guy."
"The kids this year, I feel like they're less woke, Evan tells his best friend, the history teacher Gwen Sanders, who concurs."
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