Jim has had students for just over a week, and Marcus is getting ready to go back. They debrief how the first few days of school have been, talk about some tough in-the-moment decisions teachers have to make on a daily basis, and Marcus gives Jim a hard time about his beloved practice of covering textbooks in brown paper bags. Are you a textbook fan? Let us know! Jim apologizes for accidentally recording on the wrong microphone, and wants you to know it won’t happen again.

Thanks to Courtney Milavec for graphic design, Casey Roberts for writing and recording original intro music, and Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of, “Woodstock,” from their 2020 album, Garden, available now on Spotify.

Check out Tom’s work: uncivilizedtom.com

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