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Senator Fulbright is helping Arkansas from beyond the grave

This is a story of a fifth grade science teacher from Walnut Ridge who recently participated in a Fulbright funded teacher program that sends American teachers to Japan to study the Japanese educational system and culture.  Ms. Weeless was surprised to find that in Japanese culture teachers are held in such high regard that she found herself being asked for her autograph.  She was a long way from home now wasn't she?

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Rising star
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By: Gerard Matthews

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By: Arkansas Times Staff

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