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I am glad I read "The Compost Files" by Sherri Coale. One essay dealt with her fourth grade teacher. That started an interesting exchange of messages between me and a classmate from the first grade through high school (a relationship now going on 63 years) about teachers who made us excited about learning. In her case, that led to her being a teacher. Thank you, Helen Smith and a few others.

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Teachers are vitally important. I had very good ones who had a strong positive influence on me. The problem is with the ones are awful and have a lifelong job they can stay awful in. The teachers union makes it almost impossible to get rid of them. I sympathize with all teachers having to deal with kids and parents in public schools today. Very challenging.

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