I poked around the first few bits of the Fenyman rec, and it kinda reminded me of Randy Pausch's "The Last Lecture". Don't know if that quite works either... Can't really think of anything that falls under "short story" - all I can come up with are journal articles (which may be persuasive, but aren't short stories) and memoirs (which could kind of be short stories, but aren't really persuasive).
If the latter works, Bill Bryson has an essay on his school days in Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. There's another interesting one in Fat Girls & Lawn Chairs, by Cheryl Peck, called "my ten most interesting things." It's basically about how she was accused of plagiarising a poem in 4th grade, ie the power a teacher has over a student.
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Date: 2009-09-17 03:25 am (UTC)If the latter works, Bill Bryson has an essay on his school days in Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. There's another interesting one in Fat Girls & Lawn Chairs, by Cheryl Peck, called "my ten most interesting things." It's basically about how she was accused of plagiarising a poem in 4th grade, ie the power a teacher has over a student.
Sorry, that's all I got!