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...comes from," teacher Sandy Harrell says. they didn't know anything about rodeo--and they live in Texas."
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Harrell, who has spent 27 years educating kids in her hometown of Crosbyton, TX, 38 miles east of Lubbock, set out last year to rectify this. She had two targets in mind: She wanted to show her fifth-graders at Crosbyton Elementary School what a big wide world was out there waiting for them, while at the same time teaching them about their region's history and culture.
She moved the classroom desks out from the middle of the floor and had her students act out rodeo events like steer wrestling and barrel racing. The kids responded so well that Harrell...
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