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School official outs 8th-grader as pregnant - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

School official outs 8th-grader as pregnant - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

School official outs 8th-grader as pregnant

“We learn by example and by direct experience,” wrote Malcolm Gladwell in “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking,” “because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.”

And herein lies a fundamental obstacle to increasing efforts across the country to counter bullying by young people: adult bullies.

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