Yesterday, I had to wait to flush the toilet until the kid was done giving feedback on Macbeth. The bathroom is right next to their bedroom, so I always have to check to see that the kid is muted before I flush or blow dry my hair or whatnot. I once loudly announced that I urgently needed to pee to their entire geometry class. I learned from that.
The ki…
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