Jack Canfield Quotes

I started out as a high school teacher in inner-city Chicago and realized quite quickly that my students weren't that motivated.

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• I started out as a high school teacher in inner-city Chicago and realized quite quickly that my students weren't that motivated.

  

  Jack Canfield
  • School
  • High
  • City