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Karen Thurman: “I too listened to the other speaker and I too am I classroom teacher. I taught for 9 years, middle school math, in a…”

On the recordOctober 28, 2000
I too listened to the other speaker and I too am I classroom teacher. I taught for 9 years, middle school math, in a very poor, rural area.
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Karen Thurman
Democratic · Florida

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Discussing personal experience as a classroom teacher.

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