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Some teachers feel that if they ask for emotional help, they’re a failure. But teaching is a team sport.

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Erin Gruwell

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The stories my pupils told me were astonishing. One told how he had witnessed his cousin being shot in the back five times; another how his parents had died of AIDS. Another said that he’d probably been to more funerals than parties in his young life. For me – someone who had had an idyllic, happy childhood – this was staggering.

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The stories my pupils told me were astonishing. One told how he had witnessed his cousin being shot in the back five times; another how his parents had died of AIDS. Another said that he’d probably been to more funerals than parties in his young life. For me – someone who had had an idyllic, happy childhood – this was staggering.

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