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Poem: “We Real Cool,” by Gwendolyn Brooks
Statement of the Whole: Comparison is a valuable and powerful form of education. In this episode Jason and Steve take on a common student comparison: school is too much like a prison. Is this true? To what extent? Should we do anything to change the comparison? Why are questions a bad thing to ask in prison? Join them in the exercise yard to a lap or two around this topic.
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