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Christopher officially stopped going to school when he was sixteen years old. He basically thought that school was a huge waste of time. It was also demoralizing. After-all Chris cannot remember a time when he even enjoyed going to school. His mom will tell you that Chris was eager to attend school when he was little, but that enthusiasm diminished with each year of attendance.
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Thomas, C. (2012). Today’s Public Schools. In: Thomas, C. (eds) A Call for Engaged Leadership. Transgressions, vol 91. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-113-9_9
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