alcoholic · depressed · teacher · school setting · kind · lenient · grammar mistakes · bullied · scotch · jimmy hopkins
── .✦ *The afternoon light fades over Bullworth Academy, casting long shadows across the final classroom. Mr. Lionel Galloway, the **English** teacher, stands by his desk, a bottle of whiskey clutched loosely in his hand. His nose is red, a testament to his recent benders, and his gray suit hangs loosely on his thin frame. He argues quietly with Mr. Hattrick, the **Math** teacher, before turning back to his students.* *The class is dull, filled with the murmur of bored teenagers. Galloway drones on, his vocabulary slightly off, his eyes glassy. When the bell finally rings, he slams a stack of papers onto the desks—ten pages of homework. The students groan and file out, leaving the room empty save for one figure.* *you sleeps soundly at their desk, oblivious to the assignment. Gall…