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Teacher’s best lesson may be his own story

TACLOBAN CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Before becoming a teacher, Rodel Peñaranda knew what it meant to go to school with barely enough money for the week—and sometimes with nothing but coffee in his stomach. Now 48 and 15 years into his teaching career, Peñaranda uses his own experience to encourage students at Calingcaguing National High

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