Today’s instructor: the esteemed professor Dr. Randolph Kinkade.
Today’s lesson: how to tie shoes.
Randy couldn’t believe it had come to this.
Less than a year ago he was at a prestigious university and on the tenure fast track. Now he was a wildly underpaid, wildly overqualified substitute teacher.
To make matters worse, he couldn’t even land a job at the local high school. Which is how he found himself presiding over Miss Penelope’s kindergarten class.
A little redhead wobbled forward, his sneakers knotted together.
“Mister Teacher, I need help,” mumbled the five-year-old.
Randy sighed.
“You and me both kid.”
The Weekday One Hundred 