I am a Brit remarried to an American. I have five children and fourteen grandchildren. For decades, I’ve taught at private schools and public universities. I loved teaching and teenagers (most of them), and I look back on those years in the classroom with great affection. I began teaching English accidentally. A few days before the beginning of the school year in 1978, the headmaster of the private school my children attended called me into his office, told me his…..