My Teacher: Keeping the Class Together

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My Teacher: Keeping the Class Together

吉彩网网站 | By Kimani Hall

Published October 23, 2017 at 3:43 PM EDT

Teacher Michael Dunton and student Erin Darnell

吉彩网网站's explores student-teacher relationships across North Carolina and tries to find out what it takes to make a connection in the classroom.

Today we meet Erin Darnell. She spoke with Michael Dunton, her former 8th grade teacher from Durant Road Middle School. They sit and reminisce about the time they shared in middle school.

The My Teacher Series is produced by Kimani Hall and made possible in part by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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