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Documment 1: This mmorning, thee Presidennt sent thee followingg messagee to the WWhite Housse email list. My Fiftth-Grade TTeacher I creditt my educaation to Ms. Mabel HHefty just as much aas I would any institution of 5 higher learning. When I entered MMs. Hefty'ss fifth-gradde class at Punahou School in
Documment 1: This mmorning, thee Presidennt sent thee followingg messagee to the WWhite Housse email list. My Fiftth-Grade TTeacher I creditt my educaation to Ms. Mabel HHefty just as much aas I would any institution of 5 higher learning. When I entered MMs. Hefty'ss fifth-gradde class at Punahou School in the fall of 1971, I was jusst a kid witth a funny name in aa new schoool, feelingg a little ouut of place, hoping to fit in like anyonne else. The firsst time shhe called oon me, I wwished shee hadn't. Inn fact, I wwished I weere just 10 about aanywhere eelse but att that desk, in that rooom of childdren starinng at me. BBut over the couurse of thatt year, Ms.. Hefty taugght me thaat I had sommething too say – not in spite of my ddifferencess, but becaause of theem. She mmade everyy single stuudent in thaat class feel speecial. And shhe reinforrced that essential value of empathy that my mother aand my 15 grandpparents hadd taught mme. That iss somethinng that I ccarry with me every day as Presideent. This is the simplee and undeeniable powwer of a goood teacheer. This is a story thaat every single kkid in this ccountry, reegardless oof backgrouund or stattion in life, should bee able to tell. Shharing stories like theese helps uunderline tthe vital immportance oof fighting for that 20 reality. This wweek, we'ree focusing on thosee fundamental peoplle, places,, and stories that made uus who wee are todayy. So whetther it's a tteacher whho inspiredd you, a boook that changeed you, orr a collegee that shaaped you –– I want tto hear froom you. WWe'll be responding to andd sharing yyour respoonses all week long. 25 I'm lookking forward to hearing your stoories. Presideent Barackk Obama From wwww.whitehouuse.gov 16AN2TTEMLR1 Paage : 2/7 Documment 2: West PPalm Beacch, Floridaa (CNN) - WWorking as a guidannce counseelor five years ago in Palmm Beach CCounty, Estella Pyfroom noticed that feweer studentss had acceess to a computter after scchool. The sluuggish ecoonomy forcced many families too prioritize their monney and usse it for 5 more ppressing neeeds. “They nneeded foood. They nneeded to pay their mmortgage oor their rennt,” said Pyyfrom, a former teacher. “SSome of thhem lost thheir cars. SSo I knew itt was a serrious problem.” Without a compuuter at homme, or reliaable transpportation too get to a ccomputer, Pyfrom feared