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schoolteacher

[skool-tee-cher] / ˈskulˌti tʃər /




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Texas State Representative James Talarico, a former schoolteacher and Presbyterian seminary student, is the latest Democrat hoping to break his party's long losing streak.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

They include last year’s Oscar winner, “Mr. Nobody Against Putin,” about a small-town Russian schoolteacher combating propaganda, and 2024’s “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat,” about the intersection of jazz and politics in mid-20th century Congo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

“When it came to males, he could be a little, well, aggressive,” Gina Davis, a Pasadena schoolteacher, told The Times in a previous interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

"It's one thing after another: no water, no gas for cooking, no electricity," 36-year-old schoolteacher Lidia Fernandez told news agency AFP.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

The schoolteacher himself had exclaimed over my handwriting and vocabulary—both of which I owed more to Lefty’s private tutoring than to my teacher in school.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep


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