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Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Sometimes the lesson learned isn't the one being taught
In Bargaining with the devil (Townhall.com, June 13, 2006), writer Burt Prelutsky talks about a lesson he learned after reading The Grapes of Wrath at age 11, and writing a book report about it for school.
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