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GREENWOOD, S.C. (AP) - Kendall Adams said he’s like another parent to his students.
Adams, the program director for Commercial Arts and Photography at Piedmont Technical College, spends more time counseling students than teaching them in the classroom.
That doesn’t bother him. His role in their lives doesn’t end once they earn a diploma.
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“We get the phone calls when they’re struggling with something,” Adams said. “It’s a situation where they develop a trust bond with us. And, because of that, they are able to talk to us freely. They know we are going to keep it confidential. They know that we have their best interest at heart, and that we would never do anything that would be detrimental to them.”
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