The Best of School Stories #2

Two classic RISK! stories about walking into a room that codes you as wrong from the second you open your mouth. Tara Clancy [https://www.risk-show.com/storyteller/tara-clancy] commuted from working-class Queens to a Manhattan college, where a classmate mocked how she said "huge" and a writing professor slipped her a bag of third-grade grammar workbooks. Susan Kent [https://www.risk-show.com/storyteller/susan-kent] moved to segregated Fitzgerald, Georgia at age six. By high school her closest friend Walt was Black, and when Jen played a Bobby Brown dedication for her from Walt over the local radio, Susan understood he was about to ask her to prom. Fitzgerald had two proms: a whites-only one and a Black one. Leave your comments and find episode details and music credits at risk-show.com/podcast/the-best-of-school-stories-2 [http://risk-show.com/podcast/the-best-of-school-stories-2]  And you can find all of our School Stories episodes at risk-show.com/schoolstories [http://risk-show.com/schoolstories]  Be Part of RISK! 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ [https://risk-show.com/live] in New York City on September 8, 2026 ✍️ Pitch your story⁠ [https://risk-show.com/submissions] ❤️ Support us on Patreon⁠ [https://patreon.com/risk] 💵 Make a one-time donation⁠ [https://paypal.me/riskshow]⁠ [https://risk-show.com/live] via PayPal [https://paypal.me/riskshow] or Zelle to kevin@risk-show.com [https://www.zellepay.com/get-started] 📚 Shop merch or the RISK! book⁠ [https://risk-show.com/shop] 🎓 Take storytelling classes with us⁠ [https://thestorystudio.org] 🎥 Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos [https://kevinallison.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]