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Mark Foley

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Sometimes you just need to listen: a letter about going to school hungry and exhausted

Sometimes you just need to listen: a letter about going to school hungry and exhausted

May 16, 2019 2 Comments

A letter from a substitute teacher somewhere in rural Nova Scotia. “A hungry stomach accentuates resentment and a sense of frustration; why worry about equations when your stomach is grumbling or you can feel the wind tug on your sweater, climb down your spine with every breeze?”

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