teachers

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<strong>New America Media</strong></p>
<p>Long ago in my native homeland, Vietnam, I used to bow. As a grade school student, with arms folded, and eyes staring at my sandaled feet, I would mumble, “Thua thay!” – Greetings Teacher! – whenever I’d run into a teacher in the hallway or enter a classroom.</p>
<p>Such was the Old World tradition that honored and paid respect to the teaching profession.</p>

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