heart of the matter

Shawn's brother is doing better today. He's in pain but he's feeling less woozy and he got a chance to talk more with the police about what happened. I wonder if there's any chance that they can find the people who did this.

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Today one of my grade ten boys asked me to fill out a form to give him permission to miss school on Friday to attend a field trip. I signed my name. Then I noticed a section on the form that said, "Teacher Comments". Things like this confound me. What am I supposed to write there? Have fun? Bring me back a present? Do your homework? I decided upon, "I miss you already, Sherman." He was not as flattered as you might expect.

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