My old, grease-stained toolbelt made me the joke of Career Day — but one boy’s trembling confession turned the laughter into heavy silence.

THE LAUGHTER BEFORE I SPOKE
They were already half laughing before I reached the front of the classroom.

Not loudly. Not cruelly.

But enough.

A woman in a tailored cream suit leaned toward the man beside her and whispered, not quite softly enough, “Is he facilities staff?”

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