Ms. Carr and Mr. G would like you to write a post to Mr. Carroll telling him about your year in our classroom. Explain to him why you think this class is important. Has this class helped you? Will you use some of the lessons taught and discussed throughout your life? Do you think it is important to continue this type of classroom for future students?
Mr.Carroll my language arts class its important because it gets you ready for high school and the rest of my life. It also teaches you more than how to find a direct object it teaches you how to respect someone for who they are. This class has helped me become a better person, brother, friend, team mate, student, and a better son. I will totally use the lesson that I have learned and I will pass them down the grape vine when I have kids. I think they should make it mandatory for kids to have a language arts class like mine.
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Dear Mr. Carroll,
ReplyDeleteThis is class is one of the best classes i have ever had in my life. life stephen said, i have learned more in this class then i have learned in the 14 years i have been alive. i have changed alot and i think i changed for the best. i learned that one of the most important thing to do is to treat people and yourself with respect and that one thing can lead to another. you say one comment to someone and it can hurt them for life. just because you may get over it doesn't mean they will. everyone's different. they have their own mind, body, and energy. this class helps me express what i think. it's not a regular class and that's a good thing. everyone has a positive attitude and i know when i go to first and fourth period its going to be a good class. when i step into the doorway, it always puts a smile on my face. especially with the awesome teachers. every kid.. no everyone should be in this class no matter how old so that they can experience a new thought. if everyone in the world were just in one class were they can explain what they think and see different point of views it would make a huge difference and change many, if not millions for the better. i think its awesome that Mr. G and Ms. Carr teach this class. they always have a positive attitude and always have a smile on their face. when two teachers connect like they do it helps. we always love to hear what they have to say. i no longer see one way, i look from all point of views. i feel blessed to have been in this class. i will never ever forget everything that has happen in this class. thank you Mr. G and Ms. Carr.
with all the respect in the world,
hollyyy.
Mr.Carroll the things i have learned in language arts is undescrible. like steve said i have changed so much in one year than in the 14 years of my life. the things we have covered in this class was emotional and fun i have a lot of respect for mrs.carr and mr.g now because of how they changed me and for the kids in the class. the class as a whole is a big family and i owe it to them.
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Mr.Carroll
ReplyDeleteDurning the school year I have had three main classes which all help he in a way. But in lanuage arts it's a different story. Different in the best way possilbe. We dont have homework everyday like all the other classes. In lanuage arts I know that I can be myself and express myself in any way I want. We have had many dissicions in this class. Not dissuscions about grammer and things of that nature. But talks about stuff that will help through our whole life. This class is very important! We have learned soooooo much in one school year. The thing that hit me the most was about bullying. Now when I talk I think before I say. If I dont watch what I say I can whind up hurting someone. Kids who dont have this class dont relize that the things you say and do can hurt someone very bad. Recently we watched a clip on bullying. This cliped showed two kids about 10 or 11 and these two boys have been bullyed there entire life. One day they had enough and when they got home from school they went to there rooms and hung themselves. WOW! I think if you show that to everyone in the school it would open there eyes and see that the things that they say stick with everyone. Some kids will just roll there eyes and there the kids that push the sweet kids to killing themselves. I will absoutly use all of these dissucions in the rest of my life. We talked about love and sex and the axpects of what it really is. That is a talk that I will never forget and thats something that will help me alot in my life time. I would never think that Ms.Carr and Mr.G should stop teaching the stuff they do and how they do it. Its very important to keep this class going because it teaches you about respect, loyalty, and life. This blog is the best idea ever! It lets you speak your mind without seeing all the eye rolls and hearing little chuckles. When I walk into room 211 I know im safe. Everyone in there respects me and I like haveing that feeling. I LOVE Ms.Carr's and Mr.G's class its a class that everyone should have.
-Cammy
Dear Mr.Carroll,
ReplyDeleteThis class is the best language arts class I have ever had in my life. Mr.G and Mrs.Carr teaches us in a way that no other language arts class can do and they should contiune doing it. This class is important because they help us get ready for high school, life, how to become a better person, and how to respect yourself and others. Usually in a situation we only think about one point of view, but they have showed us there are more than one view there are many you just have to think in a way you usually don't think. They have taught me how to think this way because what you choose can effect you and people around you so much just by saying or doing something. This class also made me change as a better person. Each day I walk into school I look forward to first and fourth period waiting to learn about more things I never learned before and each time i walk in that room I smile so wide because this room is the place where i can express myself and feel safe. I will definitely use these leasons when I go through life. Thank you so much Mr.G and Mrs.Carr. I will never ever forget room 211 with two teachers i respect so much.
Kim R. =D
Mr. Carroll
ReplyDeleteI think if you took away this class, it would probably be the worst thing you ever could do. Im not saying that you are going to take it away but this is the best class i have ever been involved with. This class has gone from just a class, to my life. The things that i have said in this class were things that i thaught i would tell no one. I have left my heart and soul in this class. I would gladly take Mr. G and Ms. Carr ad my second parents. I love you guys. I love this class. And i love everyone in it. This class has taught me more about myself than ever expected. For future generations, this class will turn them from just a bunch of kids that happen to have the same class together to a band of brothers and sisters that love each other like a family. Thats what this class has done to me. Mr. G and Ms.Carr, i love you both with all of my heart and i always will. I will never forget anything that went on in room 211. -Rob
to mr carroll i think that in this class ive learned more in this LA class than all three before classes combined we learn how to treat eachother like real people ive learned that you cant always think of yourself. i cant explain how much i love mrs Carr and Mr G without them this class would be nothing. The kids on the class are great to its like were one big family and no matter how far deep in discutions or any type of topic we will always be a family . i love this class room . this year has gone so fast and i dont want it to end. but this class is like a tootsie pop the outside is great but i cant wait to see what comes to the end ( chocolate)
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Dear Mr. Carroll,
ReplyDeleteWords cannot describe how i feel about this class. I look forward to language arts class everyday. Ms. Carr and Mr. G teach in a way that we all have something to say and to discuss. Room 211 is my safe haven. I feel very safe there and feel that whatever is said in that room, stays in there. I feel comfortable saying things that I would never say in class before this language arts.
There are so many topics that we talk about. The main thing we have touched on is bulling. In the past month, two eleven year olds have killed each themselves because they couldn't take the bulling anymore. When we talk about it like most people teach; its the effect of bulling and bulling in the worst ways.
This is the absolte best class I've ever had. I will never forget this class and I will never ever forget Ms. Carr and Mr. G. They will always be in my heart and if they ever need anything I will always help. I've never had a better class with the best teachers. I hope other students will get to have a chance that I had, to be in the best class in the world.
Alex Chekouras
Mr. Carroll,
ReplyDeleteMs. Carr and Mr. Giordano’s eighth grade language arts class has given me much more than a safe haven and memorable year; it has given me a second family and a place that feels like home. I have learned more from this class than I have anywhere else, and it’s the only place at Indian Mills Memorial School where kids are free to say exactly what they feel. It’s a comfortable, warm setting. Growth is inevitable when you are being challenged on such a level that forces you to think outside the box. From this experience, I have gained so much important knowledge that they have whole-heartedly provided for me. These two teachers have truly inspired me. It is such a privilege and honor to be in this classroom two periods of the day, and I’d be sad to say goodbye. To not continue this class, would be a shame, because multiple life lessons are shared and a lot of love is spread. This could not have been possible without such educators as respectable, admirable, and intelligent as Ms. Carr and Mr. G.
Sincerely,
Alyssa Linton
Dear Mr.Carrol,
ReplyDeleteI think this the best thing ever! The blogspot were instead of writing in our journals, we can connect with the other class and express ourselves. Mr. G has told us numerous times how mature we are and i feel as though the class is a second, better family for me. (cause you and i both know what my family is like.) (i think i come to school just to be in that classroom and the funny thing is that its not a classroom.) Mr.G has told us that room 211 was diffrent, at first i though diffrent with the grammer part. But now I truely understand. we are diffrent, in a better way. I think most of us came in a 'everyday kid'. now we became well rounded people, understand more, and are open minded, caring adults. Mrs. Carr and Mr.G diserve all the thanks to make us those kind of people- (the rare kind).
-marci d
I liked what everyone has said its pretty great!!! Well im going to eat. Hahah...
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Dear Mr. Caroll,
ReplyDeleteI think that Room 211 has alot of potential. It isn't just a class where you read a book and take a test. We do MORE! Everyday we listen to each others views and by that we learn and grow. This blog and this class steps out of the everyday classroom and places you right in real life. I think in this class I have learned the most I ever had by not just knowing your adjetives and adverbs but also knowing what it is will happen and how people act when you start your life. Truthfully, I wish everyone had teachers like Mrs. Carr and Mr. G. They gave the nudge that let us sail across the sea. I hope this put's a view of the kids perspective in your mind.
-sarah regn
Dear Mr. Carroll,
ReplyDeleteThis class has meant more to me than any class I have ever attended. As you may know I don’t exactly look forward to going to school every day it’s just not that exciting to me, but when I enter room 211 it’s like I’m in a different world, a world where my mind can explore topics and issues that I wouldn’t have even be thinking about if I wasn’t involved in this class . Mr. and Ms. Carr help you learn about yourself, people around you, and most of all how to be a better person which is exactly what this class has made me. I feel like this class should be mandatory to graduate from IMMS because it teaches you about life and the challenges you’ll have to face in it. Thank you Ms. Carr and Mr. G! And thank you for listening Mr. Carroll.
-Al Flexon
NICE JOB AL!
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haha same to you Sarah.
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thanks :)
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woj do you always thing about food or is it mt
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I was talking to a friend of mine earlier, who lives apart from Indian Mills school, and he asked me if I was in any special classes. Wether or not he was speaking of a special ed class or not I'm not sure but I said yeah, I'm in a special class. Ms.Carr's class is anything but ordinary. I've always tried to look at everything from a large perspective, looking at every angle of point of view but now, everyone around me does. I look around the class room with a smile of my face because everyone in the class has achieved more then any other 8th grade class has done before. They've conquered any prior beliefs and their eyes are so capable of finding the truths in things. To anyone who says this class is a joke, a free-bee or an easy A, they obviously never even entered the class room. The students are looking deeper into the books more then ever, and it's not just books it's life, I swear, it's like they are becoming experts on life! Talk about reading inbetween the lines...this is it. As much as it took to bring the good out of all us, it happened. The students who enter room 211 have become the good people their destined to be, and I can't imagine how this whole year would be without the motivation this class brings, I am SO EXCITED for 3rd and 5th period every day.
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My comment could not be proccesed? I guess it is far too long, maybe I'l try again like the red text is asking me to.
garhard u write novels not comments haha
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yo mr.carrol i have learned alot in miss carrs and mr.g's langauge farts class. theese two young people should get a reward, and there not too bad to look at either. but besides that they teach us things in a fun way like the time we had to be a different person like an african man/woman or an obese prson. that wa a great project and brought out the best in us. projects like that should be done around the world. mr. shwing is a great guy after school, but he doent teach students in a fun exiting way. and we just got a test and had tons of homework after that. language arts cass has brought me to a new level of seeing things. like the book were reading 19 minutes. im not too into it but it has some great topics. love, school violence, guns and alot more. and sure we talk about the same topic alot but we bring it up in different ways that i never knew we could. evry one of these lessons has taught me something. and i do go home and talk about these topics with my mom and chris. so thank you mr.g and ms. carr -jefe
ReplyDeleteDear Mr. Carroll,
ReplyDeleteAs you know I’m a new student here at IMMS. For me starting at a new school was very difficult. I was very self-conscience of what people here were like and how they would think of me. It was a new experience for me. It was hard for me to socialize at first because these kids have been together for so long and they all know each other like a family. I honestly thought I wouldn’t fit in. And then….I walked into Ms. Carr and Mr. G’s classroom. I knew from the very first day that that class was different, that it was unique. The class was so much different then I would have expected it. I have been here 3 weeks now and you now what? This class has probably taught me more about myself in those 3 weeks than I have ever learned. In that short amount of time they have made me feel better about myself and have me trusting every word they say. Every day when I walk through the doors of room 211, I know that I won’t be judged and that it’s safe for me to speech my mind. All of my first day worries were out the window by the time I got to the second day. This class is so important. Like Sarah Regn said, we do more than just reading books and taking tests. This class teaches us about the most important thing to me. It teaches us about life. About the actual problems that go on outside room 211. The students in this classroom, and I do mean ALL of them, have learned so much in this class. They are so deep in what they talk about. That’s another thing we don’t just talk about the main characters in the book we talk about the problems. We talk about those problems and are able to ask questions and it is all just so wonderful. To me, I probably would never have imagined reading Nineteen Minutes, but this class makes it fun to read. Oh, and this blog, this blog is such a great idea. It’s helping us learn about modern technology. I was a little nervous, I have to admit, to speech my mind in class before because I have never done anything like it before. Then the blog came and I commented and I was pretty deep. I don’t think I have ever said anything that deep before to any of my old classmates or teachers. I was totally surprised to that people actually told me that I was good. As a new student this blog has helped me connect, I think, to everyone in room 211, including Ms. Carr and Mr. G. I don’t think I’ve ever felt so comfortable speaking and writing in front of 2 teachers before. The way they run this class is amazing and I look forward to it every day. I mean that literally too because I cannot wait to get into room 211 and feel safe. I really don’t want to leave when the bell rings, but then I have to. Ha. Anyway, they have taught me so much about myself and I feel like I know a lot about them as well. I hope that this class continues because in just 3 weeks I have learned so much. Imagine what a whole year would teach students. Thanks Ms. Carr and Mr. G. for making me feel so welcome. -Taylor
Dear Mr. Carroll.
ReplyDeleteWithout this class, I would be insecure. Not only do we learn more about grammar, spelling, and better ways to write, but we learn how to solve our problems as a family. This class, this family knows me. Next year, when I am far away from these awesome people, I don't know where I'll be. besides a five star cook at a gourmet restaurant, I just dont know where I'll be without you guys. This blog we recently started will keep me in touch with the people I now call my family. Family is a very strong word when you describe your classmates/friends. But the reason I use it is because these wonderful people have helped me slve my problems, and helped push me to conquer my fears of speaking my opinions, my thoughts, and my new ideas.
I love cooking. Every time i told someone in the school I loved cooking, I got made fun of. You know, the usual, gay, retard, girl...... But not these people, not this class, and not all of these humans that I have luckily met. They let me express myself and tell them my specialties, hobbies, and fun facts. When I told them I liked to cook, they dont make fun of me. I am so glad I have been in this class and have been able to get to know the people they are at heart.
You guys have been so nice to me. so at the end of the year, I am going to give you all a gift.
So Mr. Carroll, thank you for hiring these wonderful, awesome, heroic, magnificent, astonishing, breathtaking, glorious and brilliant people. I will be their friends forever. I hope i meet more people like my classmates, Mr. G and Mrs. Carr.
Sincerely,
Ryan Carabasi
Ps: ......Or what most people call me, C Bass
Sorry guys! I didn't realize that my comment was that long. -Taylor
ReplyDeleteHaha that's ok Taylor. You're such a good writer that it doesn't matter because, who wouldn't want to read what you have written?
ReplyDeleteSincerly,
Rachael P.
-Fantastic writing Taylor. Good Job! :)
Dear Mr. Carroll,
ReplyDeleteEvery year up to 7th grade the students have been learning the same thing like grammar and reading. Ms. Carr and Mr. G's language arts class has changed my perspective on alot of topics. This class is like a home to me now. Since the first day of school this year, our english class has progressed into a sort of family. I have never felt so comfortale with a class until this year. I have always wished someday I could have a class that taught us what need to be said. I have learned so much more about myself then ever before. Mr G. and Ms. Carr are wonderful teachers. They tell us the truth to our faces even if it is not what we want to hear. The books we read in this class bring up controversial issues. These issues helped the whole class learn about one another and other sides of each topic we talk about. I feel honored to be in this class. It is the best class I have ever been in and I wish I could have this class for the rest of my school years. I couldn't imagine if Ms. Carr and Mr. G stopped teaching this class. If that ever happened I would feel bad for the other years missing out on an oppurtunity of learning what we leanred this year in our class. In the years that pass i would like to come back to the same room 211 and visit Mr. G and Ms. Carr. I love this class and room 211 should always stay the same.
Sincerely,
Christina Bailey.
Dear Mr. Carroll,
ReplyDeleteLet me start of with telling you how much I have enjoyed mysel these past year in room 211. I have learned so much rom how to be able to voice your opion in a respectul manner to being able think in more than one way and challenge my intellegece to push myself to think to the next level. This class is one of the few classes I look orward to because its the only class in the entire building where you can be who you are and express how you feel through the daily discussion to the jounral entries. This blog is another reason I love this class, its another way to express yourself with being worried about being judged of made fun of. The people in both classes are able to respect each other even i they don't share the same views. I have learned so many good qualties that I will carry with me the rest o my life from just 8 months of this class. Ms. Carr and Mr. G's "door is always open" policy is just another reason I feel like home when I walk into room 211 every 3rd and 5th period. Having the door always open lets us know that Mr. G and Ms. Carr are there or us and want whats best for us. Another reason this class is one of the nest is the fact that we talk about controversial issues. This allowes us to prepare ourselves for the future when we might come across someone who doesn't share the same views as we do. I helps us talk out our issues inside of getting angry about what we think. The fact that we, the student, run the disscuisson make the class all the better. It focouses on how we feel instead of what books tell us to feel. All in all, this is a great class and it helped me learn so much more about myself than I thought was possible in 8 short months and this class should be continued in the future.
Caroline
ps- Thanks Mr. G and Ms. Carr for being there for us when we need you and allowing us to express ourselves in everyway possible. With you guys our "family" wouldn't be whole!!!!
<3
W-O-W TALYOR! I JUST READ YOU COMMENT. WOW YOU ARE SUCH AND AMAZING WRITTER! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
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Thank you so much Caroline and Rachael. You guys are so inspiring yourselves. You are such good writers as well. Thanks again!!!-Taylor
ReplyDeleteDear Mr. Carroll,
ReplyDeleteI love Ms. Carr and Mr. G's class more than any other class that I've ever been in. When I walk into Room 211 everyday, I feel safe. People in this class don't judge you, you can speak your own opinion without being made fun of or anything, and everyone is so nice to everyone else. This class is like one giant family <3 I think this class has changed me a lot during this school year, and for the better all because of the things Ms. Carr and Mr. G's have taught us. It has taught me to be nicer to everyone else, to treat people with respect, how to view things from different angles, and how put myself in other people's shoes. I've learned to think before I talk because I now think of how it can effect people, when before I didn't, and a lot of things to help me prepare for my future. I know that in 20 years when I like back to when I was in school, I'm going to remember this one language arts class, and how it made me feel every time I stepped into that room. Thinking about how we're gonna graduate soon, makes me really sad because I am really gonna miss this language arts class a whole lot! Everyday I look forward to 1st and 4th period. I think it is really important to continue this class for future students, if it has changed me this much, it's most likely gonna change more people's life. I honestly don't know what I would do without this class.
-Dominique
I love your ps. Caroline!!! i totally agree that this class is a family! I love this family
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taylor your a very down to earth person and i like that about you.dont worry abput what other people say pr think about you. only worry about what you think. when i first came to this school i didnt like it either i was very sceptical on what people thought of me. but then i finaly learned that you cant always worry about what people think of you. cause if you do you just get mixed up in more problems then you need and you dont want that you wanna be happy and not flusterd with emotional problems. so have fun with school and make freinds and be open about your emotions. caroline what you said is exactly like what i said. were all family in her and we should treat eachother like family. no matter how deep in to discustions or arguments over little usless topics to big topics we will always be that family. you dont have to like evryone but you have to treat everyone like a human being.
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I love our family, and everyone in it. <3
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kevin your lucky i love you or id just be creep out by how much you tlk about food haha
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Thanks Steve. You guys have all been so nice to me here that I shouldn't have to worry about it as much as I do, but I guess I just fell into old habits. You know? -Taylor
ReplyDeletethis year is the most i learned about life then i ever will. it is more then a L.A class. i feel like i came out of my shell and more how i want other people to see me and that if i didn't have this class i think i would have a little harder time to come out
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To me mr. Carroll this class means a lot to me. Getting to be able to blog about different subjects 2 times a week well that sure blows having to do work out of the way. I honestly think i will use some of the things we do in class in my life. The things mr. G and Ms. Carr taught me this year was a lot to learn, but not hard. It's the most i've probably learned about my life in school. i deffanitly think mr. G and ms. Carr should keep continuing with this type of classroom for future students because it was the best year of my life!, and i think everyone else they have will love it too!
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Mr.Carroll
ReplyDeleteThis year in language arts has meant a lot to me it has been great. We are like a family and we aren't afraid to say our opinions.The discussions in this class will carry me far in life they have taught us more about ourselves and others.In this class i don't feel judged and i am not afraid to let people in.This is my safe haven.In this class i see a lot of true colors in people in the beginning of the year i didn't know half the stuff about people as i do now.I totally think this class should carry on for next year and the next year etc....
The teachers also make the class more enjoyable because they make us feel motivated and they teach us how to use our voices.That class is chill so you don't feel as threatened when you speak.I love this class i have learned so much in just this year.I have learned more in this class then any other class!The teachers have let us feel at home and they are so welcoming you can come to them for anything.Mr.G and Ms.Carr have been such an inspiration and they are so nice and they are great teachers.They are different then all classes and they are a rare class and they care about our feelings and care about what we have to say not saying that all teachers don't but this class is so much more then any other class.I will remember this language arts class forever and the great teachers in that class.We've learned so much like to think before we act and to respect others for what they are.Without Mr.G and Ms.Carr this class would be nothing some boring language arts class but they have made this class more then words can describe and this class just wouldn't be the same without them.
Thank you so much Ms.Carr and Mr.G this class has been amazing and you are a great duo i am so happy i was in this language arts class!
I will remember room 211.
Sincerely,
MORGHAN. T
I agree with everyone!
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agreed with alyssa! i love you guys too!
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this class has completely changed my life for the better and i will never change it for anything in the world. it has taught me about who i am, how i should treat other people, how to think about my actions and the way they affect the others around me, what is out there is the world, and it has basically has gotten me ready for life. before this class i thought about fitting in, but now, who cares ! you just have to be good enough for yourself, i know who my true friends are now, and i could care less what other people think...okay maybe i care about somethings...but thats not my point. i love this class !! its just that simple. i have learned more in that class than i ever will. the lessons aren't on just ones about how to right a sentence, its more like what you have to say. it has taught me soooo much that it is unbelievable, i cant even find the right words for it. every child needs to have a class like this with the two most amazing teachers in the world. it has been a life changing experince that has opened the world to me and has be prepared for whats ahead. everyday i walk out of the class, i dont want to, because that means it is one less day i get to go back, and that stinks. i look forward to that class everyday and the lessons that you learn are ones every kid has to learn, no doubt. i have learned to see others for who they really are and they all deserve a chance. if you call someone ugly, the doesnt make you prettier: is call some dumb, it doesnt make you any smarter:so what is the real point, why make fun of someone. its things like that that we learn, and it is just as important even more so, then any other class. i cant even come up with the right words to say about this class...it is fantasic !!!! every kid needs this class i cant say it enough, ughhhh, its absolutley amazing, i LOVE this CLASS!!!!!!!!
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