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I’m all for learning, but let’s be honest — sometimes school sucks. Our public education system is broken, it’s spotted with underpaid teachers, frustrated students, a non-inclusive curriculum … yadda, yadda, yadda. But instead of settling for less, some kids think outside the box.

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Jul 28, 2014

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