CHAPTER 5

CREATING THE BEST ENVIRONMENT FOR REAL PEOPLE

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Andy Collins

WHEN I WAS NINE years old, we moved from New York City to suburban Maryland. What hit me first, as I walked the long hallway to my new 5th Grade classroom, was how different it smelled from my old school in New York. Not that it smelled bad. Just different. Foreign. I looked around the room and saw no familiar faces. And everyone already knew each other from their many elementary school years together. Thankfully, my teacher was kind, and painstakingly coaxed me to participate, and make new friends. When real people are under the spotlight of your camera, you are that teacher. ...

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