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                         THE FUN THEY HAD - 4                                
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   "Sure he is. My father knows as much as my teacher."                      
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   "He can't. A man can't know as much as a teacher."                        
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   "He knows almost as much I betcha."                                       
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   Margie wasn't prepared to dispute that. She said, "I wouldn't want a      
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strange man in my house to teach me."                                        
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   Tommy screamed with laughter, "You don't know much, Margie. The teachers  
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don't live in the house. They had a special building and all the kids went   
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there."                                                                      
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   "And all the kids learned the same thing?"                                
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   "Sure, if they were the same age."                                        
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   "But my mother says a teacher has to be adjusted to fit the mind of each  
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boy and girl it teaches and that each kid has to be taught differently."     
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   "Just the same, they didn't do it that way then. If you don't like it, you
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don't have to read the book."                                                
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   "I didn't say I didn't like it," Margie said quickly. She wanted to read  
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about those funny schools.                                                   
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   They weren't even half finished when Margie's mother called, "Margie!     
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School!"                                                                     
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