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You know and as we speak my mother is in charge of 28 students that she has taken to the international science fair in New Mexico (it is always in the States but it is international because people come to it from other countries). In order for those kids to have made it to that level they have had to go through multiple levels with their projects..school, regional, state. For as long as I can remember my mother has guided kids through those levels, worked closely with them and often for many years - even after they are no longer in her class. Now and then she will get a contact from one of those 'kids' that is now working at a high level science job or something.
My sister does something similar within her subject with the TSA (Technology Student Association).
They don't *have* to do those things but and if you think they get paid much to do them you have to be kidding. It is about them wanting to nurture those kids. They are hardly the only teachers that have dedication like that. and it is insulting to suggest that teachers are nothing more than people who feed tests through a machine.
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