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Andrew Ordover The basic idea for "The Cat Came Back" came from a story I wrote all the way back in high school--long before I wrote "Cool for Cats" or even thought …moreThe basic idea for "The Cat Came Back" came from a story I wrote all the way back in high school--long before I wrote "Cool for Cats" or even thought of my jazz-playing investigaor. I realized that the drugs-in-school mystery I had written about (badly!) a long time ago could easily become Jordy's next case, with the original main character fading a bit into the background.(less)
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Desert Island Desks

The Lonely Island

K-12 classroom teaching is a weird job. It may be one of the weirdest jobs that adult people can have. In some ways, it’s radically unlike anything else adults do.

For one thing, obviously, it’s done exclusively for children. That’s not a common thing among grown-up jobs, but it’s not that unusual. There are many doctors and nurses whose practices focus on children, for example

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“The whole world is a very narrow bridge. And the most important thing is not to be afraid.”
Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

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