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Minnesota teacher with cancer continues virtual classes, even during chemotherapy
Kelly Klein is that teacher everyone remembers — even during a year she'd rather forget. Klein isn't only tackling virtual learning. She's doing it while battling a recurrence of ovarian cancer.
She's in her online classroom every day, even during chemotherapy. She declined to go on leave during her treatment.
"I was first diagnosed five years ago, and I did take leave then because I was really sick," Klein said. "I missed teaching so much."
The kindergartners watch Klein as she goes through treatment. "What better way to spend four or five hours than with 5-year-olds. It makes the time pass quickly. It makes me smile," she said.