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Jonathan Mooney and David Cole really touched me in their book, Learning Outside the Lines. Growing up, I had a lot of trouble in school. My teachers told my parents that I would never be a great learner, and it seemed that I could never get the hang of anything academically. The reason behind this was because I could hardly stay on topic or sit still for more than 5 minutes. In the elementary public school system, I was placed in every academic support system I could be, and though it helped some, I still struggled immensely. It did not take long for me to notice my teacher’s frustration, and soon I began to think something was wrong with me. Though my parents took me out of the pubic system and placed me in private schools, I still seemed

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