Coming Back To School Analysis

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I plan to start once we come back to school next week.

We can go to each class period. It would just require more clarification and organization to everyone who is partaking in this initiative. I thought it would be easier if the teacher would quickly explain to the other class periods after hearing the message the first time, rather than being interrupted and listening to the same message over and

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