"I had one student who came in. I was teaching math, and math is one of those things for most people. It’s another language for some people, and she was so frustrated that she wasn’t getting this one problem. She couldn’t concentrate; she was almost in tears. And then she said, ‘You just don’t understand.’ She hadn’t eaten. She’d eaten lunch the day before and then hadn’t eaten again until she got there, and then had a bowl of cereal. There were a lot of people in her house, living there. So she was sleeping on the couch, but someone had friends over, so she couldn’t sleep. I just took her to the side, and said, ‘You know, it’s amazing that you’re here.’"
— Alleen Brown talks with Kim Ellison, the newest Minneapolis School Board member.
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