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Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that.

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Morley Safer
Age: 84 †
Born: 1931
Born: November 8
Died: 2016
Died: May 19
Journalist
Television Presenter
War Correspondent
Writer
City of Toronto
Kids
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Children
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