Over more than three decades, I spent time in various levels of education, teaching in a range all the way from graduate school down to fifth grade. Among the most interesting were fifth-graders. I spent a couple of years with them. It’s a unique age — right between the limitations of childhood and adolescence. There was a certain innocence about them that made them a delight to be around. While there was some research around 1990 that said teachers discriminated against girls and that boys had all the favor, I could have told them otherwise. Girls were focused on attempting to manipulate me …
