The Moth: The Boy’s Mother Was Dead By Matthew Dicks | December 18, 2013 | Comments Off on The Moth: The Boy’s Mother Was Dead The following is a story that I told at a Moth StorySLAM at The Bitter End in New York City earlier this year. The theme of the night was Scars. I told a story about a terrible mistake that I made while student teaching. I finished in second place. Posted in Autobiography, Moth, Storytelling, Teaching