NARRATIVE of WARD COURIER

March, 2008

RUSKIN, NY

It was a Tuesday in March a week or so before the spring break, and I had just gotten out of a tough evening Study Hall. For those of you who aren't familiar with the concept, Study Hall is basically a big room filled with desks, chairs, and up to a hundred young men who don't particularly want to be there. You need to keep them in their seats and quiet enough so that those who really can be persuaded to study will ...