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"I remember when I was a kid in school and teachers would explain things to me about what I read, and I'd think, Where did they get that? I didn't read that in there. Later you look at it and think, That's kind of an interesting idea."
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"I think kids slowly begin to realize that what they're learning relates to other things they know. Then learning starts to get more and more exciting."
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