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Meet the second-generation immigrants who are helping protect your civil rights.

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A middle school teacher used students breaking their pencils to teach a brilliant lesson about respect

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Bullies chased Mister Rogers home yelling ‘fat Freddy.’ His grandfather said 12 words that changed everything.

Bullies chased Mister Rogers home yelling ‘fat Freddy.’ His grandfather said 12 words that changed everything.

“You made this day really special just by being yourself, and I happen to like you just the way you are.”

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A middle school teacher used students breaking their pencils to teach a brilliant lesson about respect

Some argued that her new classroom pencil policy was rewarding bad behavior. But it worked.

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A middle school teacher used students breaking their pencils to teach a brilliant lesson about respect — Students kept breaking and losing pencils, so a teacher came up with a genius new policy.

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