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  1. Tracy Kidder _ Among Schoolchildren

    It seemed as though Margaret hovered near Alice, aware of Alice when Alice didn't seem to be aware of Margaret.
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  2. Tracy Kidder _ Among Schoolchildren

    Children get dealt grossly unequal hands, but that is all the more reason to treat them equally in school, Chris thought. "I think the cruelest form of prejudice is... if I ever said, 'Clarence is poor, so I'll expect less of him than Alice.' Maybe he won't do what Alice does. But I want his best." She knew that precept wasn't as simple as it sounded. Treating children equally often means treating them very differently. But it also means bringing the same moral force to bear on all of them, saying, in effect, to Clarence that you matter as much as Alice and won't get away with not working, and to Alice that you won't be allowed to stay where you are either.
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