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Why I teach history, Part IX: The Middle Kingdom and Middle Earth?

Now some teachers will write about their students, sharing odd or quizzical bits from papers and exams for the sake of humor.  I wouldn’t do that to my students, but OTHER people’s students…sure, why not? From an op-ed on China and Nort... ...full story at Granite Studio

from Granite Studio on Fri, Jun 19 2009

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