I remember in Grade 7, as I was reading my way through Charles Dickens oeuvre, my teacher snarkily refused to let me borrow A Tale of Two Cities from the school library... because it wasn't appropriate. He didn't think I was smart enough. Even after explaining that my parents were ok with it, a patronizing definite no. Shithead.
I said "Fine, I'll get it from the public library."
And I did. And read all of Dickens.

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