Sex Education II: The Lay of the Land

Steve Russell
12 min readJan 1, 2021
“No, fool, I said ‘JUST LIKE TOM THUMB’S BLUES’” Apologies and Thanks to Anton on Unsplash

The last grade I remember finishing cleanly in the public schools was the seventh. I had consciously checked out in the third grade, having applied myself in the first and second. Starting in the third grade, I showed little inclination to attend class or to stay…

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Steve Russell

Enrolled Cherokee, 9th grade dropout, retired judge, associate professor emeritus, and (so far) cancer survivor. Memoir: Lighting the Fire (Miniver Press 2020)