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"If you don't have a teacher you can't have a disciple."
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"I was in three academic clubs, a huge book worm and the teacher's pet. I was kind of an easy target for bullies."
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"I went to school at this log school house. A white woman was my teacher, I do not remember her name. My father had to pay her one dollar a month for me. Us kids that went to school did not have desks, we used slates and set on the hued down logs for seats."
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