I am a bike enthusiast; there's a certain amount of romance to bikes. They're both beautiful and utilitarian.
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“You can do and use the skills that you have. The schools need you. The teachers need you. Students and parents need you. They need your actual person: your physical personhood and your open minds and open ears and boundless compassion, sitting next to them, listening and nodding and asking questions for hours at a time.”
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