I'm afraid of some books, too, but it's more like Finnegan's Wake or The DaVinci code ...

Yup, I get ya on this one. Would it be too embarassing to follow them to school and form a protective barrier around them whenever you sensed some meanness going on?

This is one of the biggest reasons why I became a teacher. To stop this sort of thing from happening. And a lot of times I do stop it, and then I feel that I've done something, no matter how small, for that kid. And there are lots of teachers like me.
