I've been thinking about mentors and teachers for a long time. Mostly because I've had some pretty terrible ones. In elementary school I had an amazing teacher who encouraged me somehow to make me turn my failing math grades into my best subject. I went on from almost being held back due to my math grades in elementary to taking college level calculus in high school because of her. Others mocked me she taught me.
This clip is from a documentary called "Children of Life", filmed in Japan in 2002. I'm not saying that everyone teacher should be this way but it's worth trying.
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