{
  "id": 6401076,
  "title": "“Get Out.” Advice on Teaching High School From the Late, Great Frank McCourt",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/get-out-advice-on-teaching-high-school-from-the-late-great-frank",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-09T09:08:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Literary Hub",
    "slug": "literary-hub",
    "url": "https://lithub.com/get-out-advice-on-teaching-high-school-from-the-late-great-frank-mccourt/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On the second day of his teaching career, Frank McCourt, the renowned creative writing teacher, unexpectedly encountered a man with an Irish accent in the Stuyvesant High School hallway. The mysterious stranger warned him: \"Get out while you can!\" The comment prompted Frank to reflect on his challenging days as a rookie teacher, and he decided to heed the advice and leave the teaching profession.",
  "summary": "On my second day as a rookie English teacher at my alma mater, Stuyvesant High School, I walked down the fourth floor hallway on my way to class. Behind a thick column, lurking in the shadows, a kind looking man",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}