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Why Teach? by Peter Shull

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Clancy Steadwell
Jun 20, 2025
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I bought Why Teach? knowing, at least, what I was going to get.

I was so glad to discover Peter on Substack because I feel like he and I are, in some ways, kindred spirits. We both like to write about—as he put it to me once (forgive my paraphrasing Peter Shull)—‘men trying to be men and stubbing their toes’.…

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