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Opinion: Time to bury thoughts of “I can’t"

World Language Academy Pre-K teacher Mary Toro-Bonilla works with her class on a writing exercise Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, at the South Hall school. - photo by Scott Rogers

0111202 TEACHER 1.jpg — World Language Academy Pre-K teacher Mary Toro-Bonilla works with her class on a writing exercise Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, at the South Hall school. - photo by Scott Rogers

Very soon after launching her 25-year teaching career, a Hall County second grade teacher told me she noticed a defeatist mood among her students — judging by what they said so often.