“We are people not machines and I learn best when there is an actual teacher standing in front of me teaching the class, we do best when we work with other people. Because we lost 16 teachers, there are close to 16 of these new online classes. I had great relationships with several of the teachers that left. It’s so sad to see your favorite teachers go and be replaced with a computer screen.” — Jefferson
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