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Can we do yoga today? Please! This desperate plea is a request that one of my students asks me. Daily! I teach 4/5th grade English Language Learners. All of my students are refugees coming from countries all over the world. They have come to the United States for safety and a better life. Many of them have seen horrible things in their young lives. Unfortunately, the majority of my students are now living in unsafe neighborhoods in the US. They see a lot of violence where they live and bring that anxiety into the classroom. My job as a teacher is to teach them English and reading and writing. But it is difficult for students to focus on school when they have anxieties about what they saw in their native countries and stressful lives in this country. My 10 year old students have taken on many adult responsibilities by helping their parents that don't speak English.

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Can we do yoga today? Please! This desperate plea is a request that one of my students asks me. Daily! I teach 4/5th grade English Language Learners. All of my students are refugees coming from countries all over the world. They have come to the United States for safety and a better life. Many of them have seen horrible things in their young lives. Unfortunately, the majority of my students are now living in unsafe neighborhoods in the US. They see a lot of violence where they live and bring that anxiety into the classroom. My job as a teacher is to teach them English and reading and writing. But it is difficult for students to focus on school when they have anxieties about what they saw in their native countries and stressful lives in this country. My 10 year old students have taken on many adult responsibilities by helping their parents that don't speak English.

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