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11 Oct 2016, 11:50 pm

Meet the teacher who changed an autistic pupil's life - by helping to boost his confidence


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12 Oct 2016, 11:40 am

This is good



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14 Oct 2016, 12:17 pm

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14 Oct 2016, 2:05 pm

This teacher is awesome, I think a lot of kids could benefit from having a mentor like that. Who shows them, despite all the social pressures bearing down on them, that they have strengths and encourages them to let those out.


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14 Oct 2016, 3:45 pm

I had teachers who flat out said this boy's only problem is he is lazy. But I had a few who went the extra mile for me and it made so much of a difference. Just because you can get a degree for it does not mean you should be working with kids.