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So many organizations have a mentoring arm, but they don't really do it. Their idea of mentoring a kid is giving them general advice. But what they need to do is read with children.
Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers
Born: Aug 12, 1937
Died: Jul 1, 2014

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Giving, Advice, Kid, General, Mentoring, Idea, Arm, Read, Children, Them, Really, Organizations, Many, Need

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Dale Carnegie, Denis Waitley, Dr. Seuss, H. L. Mencken, Napoleon Hill, Ray Bradbury, W. E. B. Du Bois, William Arthur Ward

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