It felt like we were reliving the first day of the school year, when students and teachers do the get-to-know-you dance— — Tucker Elliot, The Day Before 9/11
It felt like we were reliving the first day of the school year, when students and teachers do the get-to-know-you dance— — Tucker Elliot, The Day Before 9/11
It felt like we were reliving the first day of the school year, when students and teachers do the get-to-know-you dance— — Tucker Elliot, The Day Before 9/11
It felt like we were reliving the first day of the school year, when students and teachers do the get-to-know-you dance— — Tucker Elliot, The Day Before 9/11
It felt like we were reliving the first day of the school year, when students and teachers do the get-to-know-you dance— — Tucker Elliot, The Day Before 9/11
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It felt like we were reliving the first day of the school year, when students and teachers do the get-to-know-you dance—teachers tell students something about who they are, students pretend to care, and then vice-versa.

— Tucker Elliot, The Day Before 9/11
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