The Evolution Of The White Oak Subculture

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Growing up in White Oak, a small privet school in Massachusetts, the students and teachers all worked closely together for many years, and from this closes a small subculture had grown inside of the school. The subculture that existed inside of White Oak consisted of many core values, such as expectance, patience with one another, and that everyone had the capability to succeed with just a little bit of help. The idea that everyone had the ability to succeed was so ingrained into the school itself that it became a fundamental belief for almost every one that went there, and it was a belief that was held in high regards by all of the teachers. Because White Oak was a school for kids with learning disabilities, epically dyslexia, many children

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