Hey everyone, it's Manouche here. We're halfway through a very unconventional school year.

Lots of kids are still learning remotely, including mine. And it's a struggle for them,

they're teachers and for us parents. But no matter the circumstances, we need to remember that

school isn't the only place where we learn, right? So today on the show, Ted speakers with stories

and ideas about life lessons, ones that they never could have gotten from a textbook,

and definitely not on Zoom. The episode is called The School of Life, and it's one of my favorites,

and originally aired back in October. Thanks so much for listening and for being here.

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I'm Manouche Zamorodi. So in Georgia, when you are the valedictorian of your high school,

you are invited to meet the governor of Georgia. I was valedictorian of my high school,

so I got invited to meet the governor of Georgia. This is Stacey Abrams. She's a lawyer,

an author, and a politician. But my family were working poor. So we spent most of our time

using public transit to get around. Therefore, on the day we went to go and visit the governor's

mansion, which is in a really ritzy part of Atlanta, we had to take the bus. My parents and I get off

the bus. We walk across the street and we get to the guard gate. The guard looks at me, looks at

my parents. He looks at the bus that's pulling away. And he tells us we don't belong here.

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