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arizona hughes and children
January 31, 2017 Educators/teachers / North Carolina

If the baby is a girl, please name her ‘Arizona’

Arizona Houston Hughes taught elementary school in Avery County, NC for 57 years. In 1953 she received NC Teacher of the Year award.

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1928 mummer's play at pine mountain settlement
December 27, 2016 Christmas traditions / Educators/teachers / Kentucky

We air now aiming to give a dumb show for to pleasure the Little Teacher

Appalachian mummer’s plays are direct descendants of British Christmas masking, or “mumming,” which can be traced to the English court.

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compilation of mcdowell county schools around catawba falls
July 18, 2016 Educators/teachers / North Carolina

We thought a switch was good for everything but the toothache — part 2

Daintry Allison was 25 years old in 1921, when these photos of McDowell County schools were taken. Her school would’ve looked quite similar.

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teacher switching a student over her knee
July 15, 2016 Educators/teachers / North Carolina

We thought a switch was good for everything but the toothache, then, and we didn’t hesitate to use them

“Five miles out from Old Fort, up near Catawba Falls,” said Daintry Allison. “That was my 1st school. No teacher ever stayed there 5 months.”

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jeanne rountree connect the dots graphic
December 31, 2015 Educators/teachers / Expatriates / Georgia / Hillbilly Highway

Connecting the Dots

My life allowed me to travel far from these hills, from the struggle to survive, the life of the mountain folk. But still, it never leaves me.

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