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Thank You, Ma'am by Langston Hughes
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Thank You, Ma’am by Langston Hughes is a short story about the lessons learned in a chance encounter between a young man who wants a pair of blue suede shoes and the woman whose purse he plans to steal in order to buy them. You can introduce this story at the beginning of the school year as a powerful community-building tool to invite your students into deep discussions on empathy, second chances, and looking past first impressions. What does the woman see in him that others might not?
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