I’m from a New York school-teacher family, brought up as a Democrat. My father retired from the military after Vietnam and became an elementary school teacher; he won numerous awards for his instructions in New York State throughout his career. He taught his students to think, to problem solve, to question, and seek answers.
As I got older and paid more…
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