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We’ve all had a favorite teacher. Perhaps she was sweet and passed out suckers during story time (forcing you to listen), or he was cute and funny enough to make you care to memorize the constitution, or maybe she took a genuine interest in your philosophies that others had previously discounted. In any case, age, sex, color, personal habits (drug addiction in the case of Ryan Gosling in Half Nelson) didn’t matter. What mattered was, they engaged us. They had the talent and the power to break through our adolescent attitudes and actually teach us something.
Young teachers in particular seem to be blessed with the ability to relate to students while still maintaining their respect. Unfortunately these young teachers may be experiencing devastating lay offs regardless of their performance or ability.
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