In February
by Meg Yardley

February is the worst month of the year for teachers.

In February, Avery Williams knows with absolute certainty that her students are ungrateful, entitled, hormonal monsters whose attention spans have been atrophied by their screen addictions, who are learning nothing from her class, and who will go on to lead miserable lives with no genuine human connection and no ability to think for themselves. 

In February she calculates her salary for all the possible retirement timelines (it should be in five years, but with the budget cuts…).