13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
The day a high school student asked me: ‘Do you still like me?'
Danny pressed the buzzer again. I had asked him — nicely — the first few times. Then firmly. Then with authority. It didn't matter. He smiled and pressed it again. Brandon and Eliana burst out laughing, as if it were the most brilliant rebellion they'd ever seen.
We were playing classroom trivia, something I had designed to lift the mood in my high school English class and maybe slip in a little learning on the side. I had stayed up late the night before, making the slides, obsessing over fonts, choosing buzzer sounds that wouldn't be too loud. I printed out rules and even laminated them — like that would matter. I changed their names to protect their privacy so I could tell you this story.
