It started as a normal Monday at Riverside High, but something about Ms. Harper’s eyes that day made the students uneasy. She was their history teacher—brilliant, eccentric, and known for pushing her students beyond their comfort zones. But today, she pushed too far. “History isn’t just dates and battles,” she told them, pacing the front of the classroom. “It’s choices, courage, and consequences. And you, my dear students, are going to live it.” By lunchtime, whispers had begun. Students were uneasy, some even afraid. Ms. Harper had devised a “live simulation” of a historic rebellion—but she didn’t just assign roles....
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