Hailey The next week, Tyler became the perfect student. He was always in the study room at least ten minutes before me reviewing what we discussed the day before. He asked for extra worksheets and would have them completed and double-checked before we met. He asked meaningful questions and tried to think deeper about class material. I was impressed. And, if I was being honest, I was having a great time teaching him. Occasionally, we would get caught up talking about the way the human body was made or the biology of other animals. We would compare and contrast different types of spines and try to think about what it would be like to not have one altogether, like an insect. We would laugh about how one of us would mis-pronounce Latin names. It felt easy when he wasn’t b

