Between 1991 and 2006, I was a high school junior English teacher. With over 2000 sixteen year-olds in those fifteen years, I had the opportunity to teach English to all types of teenage students with all types of diverse learning styles and lifestyles. Over those years I saw and experienced a lot of wonderful moments. Over those years, I also saw a lot of pain and heartache, too. Nothing prepared me, however, for my encounter with Nina, my first “cutter.”
