Hi MacTíre Taibhse GhostWolf ,I found your writing as part of a challenge. Hopefully this review will find you in good spirit.

A lovely tale about a teacher’s first day at school term. He has to make that everlasting impression or be tossed out in the mind and hearts of the students.

Although I am not agreeing with you on this point, I think teachers are of equal or not more importance to the well being of students in a school setting.

I liked your take on this. It is an easy read because you have a fluent and appealing writing style.

What worked for me? He was the inconnu, the unknown variable entering the school's equation of relativity. It is the heart of your piece.

I loved that word inconnu, it’s a french derivative so I was used to it. But I thought it was in good use here.

He was a firm believer that first impressions were everything. He had one shot, and one shot only. Upon entering the classroom he would have to impress, subdue, and control the twenty whelps that sat inside.

I think first impressions do matter but in case of teachers they have years to get to know the students and for the students to get to know them. So there is far more possible than that one shot at the beginning of term. But that’s my opinion.

I loved it where you put the teacher subservient to the students.

All in all a nice short story with a good tone of writing. Good read, nice write. No spelling errors or grammar failures. I liked reading this short story. Thanks for sharing.

Keep up the good work, enjoy writing!

WakeUpAndLive