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Appalachia

theHandpuppet

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6. I've always loved history but am not a teacher

Reply to marble falls (Reply #5)

Sat Sep 20, 2014, 11:18 AM

Sep 2014

There are several teachers in my family and had I followed that path I would have chosen to teach history.

By the way, the Bennie Massey who was interviewed for the Lynch article was recently named a "Kentucky Appalachian Hero".
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Wonderful post. The Lynch school was an ironically named school, wasn't it? marble falls Sep 2014 #3

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