Matthew R. Morris grew up in Scarborough both a good student and an athletic talent, yet it was always the latter that his teachers encouraged. Now a teacher himself, he's challenging stereotypes of Black male identity and, by bringing his whole self to the classroom, setting an example for his students.
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