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Be here. Im thrilled to be here. And i thought that i havent done this elsewhere, but i wanted to just because i realize that for many people this all comes like, maybe not you guys so much, but this is all a big you know, new thing. So but i thought i would just read just very beginning opening of one of the chapters. And this is set in eastern tennessee. I specifically did not do the central bucks one because you guys can do that yourself. So this chapter is chapter four. Its about how weaponizing crt disrupts learning and let me just read this a little bit. Matthewteacher who, between classes at Sullivan Central High School in Sullivan County, tennessee, would be in the hallway bantering with fellow teachers and with students about tv music. He wore a pearl jam t shirt when we first met and nonsense such as what exactly . Qualified as soup. He coached baseball and taught courses on personal finance and for juniors, seniors, two sections of a class titled contemporary issues horn as
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