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<v ->Hi, my name is Aron Nels Steinke, and I'm the author</v>

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of the Mr. Wolf's Class graphic novel series.

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Um,

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I'm a teacher and a cartoonist.

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Um, when I became a teacher,

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I thought a lot about my childhood and how, um,

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what kind of an experience I had as a,

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as a kid in the classroom.

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And I've been thinking about this one a lot,

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thinking about really good memories

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in my elementary school classroom.

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And I, I kind of like don't remember everything.

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I don't remember a lot, actually.

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I don't remember,

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I don't remember a lot about my teachers,

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which is funny 'cause I teach kids and,

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you know, I, I don't know, do they remember me?

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(laughs)

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It's hard to, hard to know what will stick and what,

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you know, kids will remember.

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But um, I'm thinking about a memory, um, when I was a kid,

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I remember being in third grade

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and I had a really great teacher who would read novels to us

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um, for our, like um, you know, read aloud time.

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And I remember being on the carpet with

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the other students in my classroom.

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And I remember, um, my Mom would pack me a,

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a snack of popcorn every day.

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She would put it into like a wax paper uh, a wax paper bag.

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And I remember having popcorn

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and feeling so good about eating popcorn

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and listening, just listening to the story.

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And I remember,

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I know that teacher read a lot of books to us,

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but I remember reading the BFG by Roald Dahl.

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That was one of the, the books that I remember

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that teacher reading,

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and just having such a good connection to,

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you know, the spoken word and, you know,

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the book read aloud.

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So I guess that's just a good reminder in

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how important it is to read aloud to kids.

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Anyway, um, that's my memory.

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What's your favorite memory from when

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(laughs)

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What's your favorite memory from when you were a kid?