The author Charles Baxter read from his books, one about a teacher and another about someone who was in an accident. In the one first one he talked about a teacher who was telling nonsense to her fourth grade class. This teacher talked and talked, knowing that her students were listening attentively trying to absorb as much as they can from her rant. The kids were more interested in what she was saying than moving on to arithmetic. It showed how kids are very gullible. In the next reading it was about someone who was in an accident and before Baxter began reading he explained how it was inspired from him being in an accident and how his driver was very tired so he put this into his writing. He talked about the character getting hurt and flying
