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    The Student Whose Cockiness Tested My Patience

    An overconfident teen felt that he was above math class—until he needed his teacher’s help.
    by Sarah Carr Dec 15, 2017 1 minute
    Source: ermess / Shutterstock / Jerome White and Donald Meyer / Zak Bickel / The Atlantic

    Teacher Jerome White knew from the first moment he met Donald Meyer that the student was a math whiz—that Meyer was very aware of his natural abilities.

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