I was practically begging my co-workers to start listening. It seemed like everyone I knew was listening, except for people at Woodlawn. I couldn’t believe that the people closest to the events in the case were oblivious to its resurfacing while the rest of the country was transfixed. I was even taken aback by hearing my para-educator, Catrice Sneed, a Woodlawn 1998 graduate and track star, whom I share my classroom with, speak about her friendships with the “characters” and her perceptions of them.Īs my connections to the podcast became more surreal with each episode, I kept waiting for teachers and students to start gossiping about the case and reacting as strongly as I was, yet it never happened, even after the final episode. Not only was I seeing aspects of the podcast each day, but I was also listening to the real voice of the school announcer, Jay Terry, who is heard in the podcast, and my former co-worker Inez Butler Hendrix, as I heard her testimony about Hae’s continuous use of the after-school food stand. I knew certain things, like with after-school traffic, the parking lot setup and the bus loop, and how implausible it would be to drive to the Best Buy in less than 20 minutes after the bell rang. I felt like I was living through the case as I drove past the Woodlawn Branch Public Library into the school parking lot and walked past Hae Lee’s memorial tree on my way into the building every morning. Some of my Woodlawn colleagues had heard about the podcast but absolutely no one else was listening to it. However, my experience was just a little bit different.
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I am a second-year teacher at Woodlawn High School, and like so many, I became obsessed with the Serial podcast this fall. I was able to sit down with some of these teachers for an exclusive conversation.
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The Serial podcast about the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee has been heard and debated by millions, yet there are still untold stories and perspectives from Woodlawn High School teachers who taught and had close relationships with students Adnan Syed, Jay Wilds, Stephanie McPherson, and Hae Min Lee but declined to talk to Sarah Koenig for the podcast.