Jeremy Kinnefick leads an eighth-grade science class at Normandin Middle School in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in this December 18, 2008 file photo. Photographer: Sarah Beth Glicksteen/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images
Jeremy Kinnefick leads an eighth-grade science class at Normandin Middle School in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in this December 18, 2008 file photo. Photographer: Sarah Beth Glicksteen/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images
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