Lelac Almagor teaches English at a charter school in Washington, D.C.
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Lelac Almagor teaches English at a charter school in Washington, D.C.
I was still in college the first time someone cried in a parent-teacher conference with me.
Some of the 'soft skills' we teach are not about character at all—just the appearance of it.
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