First Day, Last Day, by Andy Millman

On Thomas Kerrington’s first day at MacCarthur High School, he and twelve other new teachers met at the forest for teambuilding. Things went well until the tire challenge. After being hoisted up by his English department teammates, Thomas struggled to pull himself through the car tire hanging from the tree. His sweatpants caught on the tire’s treads. As he worked his way through the tire, the sweatpants worked their way down his legs. They were around his ankles when he tumbled onto the forest floor. Thomas’s team received credit for the challenge but he didn’t much care by this point.