Every fall I wonder

if Carolyn has developed a hearing problem because she starts talking louder, but then I remember it's just school and being around kids all day. Kids in a group talk louder and louder to be heard over the group until everyone is practically shouting, and then they walk around talking that way all day long like someone whose just been to a concert. "I'm ten inches away from you" I'd say to kids when I'm subbing. "I can hear you just fine."