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Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday, Grayson's teacher invited some surprise readers to pop by the classroom at various times throughout the day. First on the list? Yep, Rob and yours truly performing a moving duet of "Green Eggs and Ham." (Rob played the cranky guy, a role he was born for.)

My return to the classroom left me a little mathematically confused: how can a 1 adult-to-19 student ratio bring attentive and engaged results while a 1-to-1 ratio at home fails? Is there some formula I've not been accounting for?

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