Summary

In Part 1, “I Know That Guy,” Chapter 1, “Tracy Flick,” the more Me Too stories Tracy encountered, the more she thought about her past. When Tracy’s daughter Sophia interrupted her newspaper reading, asking if she was okay, Tracy said she was fine.

Tracy “never talked to anyone about what happened to [her] in high school” (4). She had not discussed it with her mother, either. She had had a relationship with her “sophomore English teacher,” Mr. Dexter (4). When the relationship ended, Mr. Dexter “couldn’t handle [it]” (4). Tracy’s mother reported him and he was fired. Tracy never hated him. She blamed herself. She had never been “a normal high school girl” (5). Sometimes she wondered if she had been “tricked into feeling more exceptional” than she was (5). Mostly, she dismissed the situation. Mr. Dexter had died, and it was over.

Tracy was Assistant Principal at...