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Tom's kindergarten teacher kept his work from 2004 then left him this note on the eve of his final year exams
Mrs White walked up and down the streets last Sunday with a pile of letters from the past.
Jenna Price is a columnist for The Canberra Times and Daily Life, and a senior lecturer in journalism at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Mrs White walked up and down the streets last Sunday with a pile of letters from the past.
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