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In our classrooms where we grew up,

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I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn,

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and our classrooms were flooded.

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So it's very difficult for teachers to
give you like one on one attention.

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One sixth grade teacher,

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her name was Ms. Lowden.

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She must saw something in me
and she gave me this attention,

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she gave me this love for words.

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It's funny how it works.

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It worked for me to this day,

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but just a little bit of attention.