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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Chelsea Ritschel

People are sharing short stories assigned in school that have ‘haunted’ them since: ‘Shivering 50 years later’

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A woman’s viral tweet about a desire to become an English teacher so she can assign students short stories “so unsettling” they will “haunt them for the rest of their lives” has inspired people to share the stories that have stuck with them since middle or high school.

On Sunday, journalist Emily Klatt tweeted: “I can’t wait to become a high school English teacher and assign my students a short story so unsettling that it will haunt them for the rest of their lives.”

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