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Keep Teaching by Carissa Carter
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o matter where you’re from, or what type of schooling you’ve had, I’m confident that you can name a teacher that’s had a profound impact on your education. Richard Kollen showed me the power of primary resources in historical research when I was in 12th grade. He took our
class to the town archives, gave us white gloves and a day, and told us to find a story that had never been told. What?! There are layers of history that aren’t set in stone? That a high schooler could uncover? He showed me that I had more agency than I thought, and simultaneously made clear that what has been written is only one person’s version of the truth.
D.S CHO OL YEAR BO O K 2019— 2020
