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schoolteachers don't always get the summers off, for some teach during that period as well
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The son of a schoolteacher, he was born in a village called Mahalapye in 1969, just three years after Botswana’s independence from Britain.
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Keletso Thobega, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
Who Is Amanda Riley? Riley is a former schoolteacher from California who gained notoriety for her fraudulent activities.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Nyree, a schoolteacher, headed upstairs to take a shower.
—Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2025
Her mother was a schoolteacher turned politician; her father, David Richards, was a lawyer who handled civil and voting rights cases and represented labor unions and newspapers.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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Keletso Thobega, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
Who Is Amanda Riley? Riley is a former schoolteacher from California who gained notoriety for her fraudulent activities.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Nyree, a schoolteacher, headed upstairs to take a shower.
—Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2025
Her mother was a schoolteacher turned politician; her father, David Richards, was a lawyer who handled civil and voting rights cases and represented labor unions and newspapers.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Schoolteacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolteacher. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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schoolteacher
noun
school·teach·er
-ˌtē-chər 
: a person who teaches school
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