schoolteacher
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He graduated from Alabama State College in 1960 with a bachelor’s in music and worked briefly as a schoolteacher before beginning his professional music career.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Gil Kerley was born in 1961 in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in the still-segregated South, the only child of a schoolteacher and a college econ professor.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
Robinson, the schoolteacher, said he will be watching gas prices every day now.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
Linda is a schoolteacher and artist who lives in the nether reaches of Brooklyn.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
Kufwema, kuzikisa, kugam-bula, smoothly the words rolled forward and I realized this slick trick schoolteacher could be saying anything under the sun.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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