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Today's lesson: why a good teacher is better than any banker
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MARIA DUARTE, SCOTT ALSWORTH, ANDY HEDGECOCK and ANGUS REID review The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford, Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway, Time and Water, and Strictly Ballroom
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New releases from Joe Wilkes, Honey and the Bear, and Hannah James and Toby Kuhn
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Today's lesson: why a good teacher is better than any banker
I like teachers a lot. OK, I'm biased - I'm married to one and two of my stepchildren are in the profession as well. But I simply cannot understand the attitude some English - and yes, it really does seem to be exclusively English - people have to the profession.
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