f Provocateur Piece: Spitballs and Sparks: Learning the Art of Grace

Two English teachers who believed that they were like-minded discover, during a tumultuous team-teaching experience, unexpected differences in their teaching styles. In this narrative provocation, the author reconstructs moments of tension in team teaching and the path toward reconciliation, leading to a reflection on the complexity of the relationships teachers form with each other and their students. The attempt to cultivate a graceful, artful, humane imagination emerges as a vital part of both teachers’ professional lives.