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“Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying about being put out of their jobs.” quote by Florence King — Download Open image

“Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying about being put out of their jobs.”

Florence King

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to a Southerner it is faux pas, not sins, that matter in this world.

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