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The Flags of Welton
Four Pillars to Rule Them AllAhh, Welton. The kind of place that makes your school—weird gray lunchmeat, locker hierarchies, deafening bells, and grinning nightmare football mascots included—lo...
Candles and Light
Come on Baby, Light My CandleThe 1950s were a simpler time. Girls wore poodle skirts. Boys sported crew cuts. Civil rights were way behind the times. And schools didn't just allow, but encouraged,...
Desks
Ah, desks. We've all spent many an hour sitting in one, watching the second hand of the clock tick slowly around, gazing at the classroom map, and planning the easiest way to get from campus to a T...
The Ghost of Uncle Walt
The most important poet in the Dead Poets Society-verse isn't someone brooding like Byron or regal-looking like Anne Sexton.Nope. It's a dude that Todd described like this:TODD: A sweaty-toothed ma...