“In the high school classroom you are a drill sergent, a rabbi, a shoulder to cry on, a disciplinarian, a singer, a low-level scholar, a clerk, a referee, a clown, a counselor, a dress-code enforcer, a conductor, an apologist, a philosopher, a collaborator, a tap dancer, a politician, a therapist, a fool, a traffic cop, a priest, a mother-father-brother-sister-uncle-aunt, a bookeeper, a critic, a psychologist, the last straw.”
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“When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.”
― The Velveteen Rabbit
― The Velveteen Rabbit
“Be brave, little rabbit. Take a chance.”
― Breaking Free
― Breaking Free
“When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.”
― The Velveteen Rabbit
― The Velveteen Rabbit
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