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Christian Isaac – Biting the Apple | Student Voice

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Christian Isaac – Biting the Apple

“Modern cynics and skeptics…see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing” ~ John F. Kennedy

If you’ve learned anything, the odds are you’ve been taught. If you’ve been taught, the odds are you’ve been taught by a teacher. Teachers, the things we spend most of the year tolerating, are there from day one of pre-kindergarten to high school graduation. Their presence is seemingly haunting- there’s no escape.
Teachers are held responsible for millions of minds, including mine. After eleven years of schooling, learning, waking up, falling asleep, worrying, laughing, and being taught, one can begin to realize that these things are in fact different. They’re all paid to do the same thing; teach. It turns out, after