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Thank you We sneak in Speak mr freeman I'll ashman

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Who is mr freeman Mr freeman is a really interesting

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character because in this type of novel we don't often

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find out a lot about the teachers Mr freeman is

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melinda's art teacher he's really important to her Because he

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really pushes her on this art project constructing the tree

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and in doing that he helps her discover new ways

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to speak and express herself that's incredibly important Because in

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a novel like this when you see an adult who

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is you know trustworthy and they have a real life

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outside of school it's a huge relief mr freeman tells

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his class that art is much more important than the

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other subjects they're learning That's obviously up for debate I'm

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not trying to offend any math teachers but it is

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true that like art is creative in a way that

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nothing else is like the rest of melinda's Life has

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structure around rules and this is her one chance to

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break free And so yeah i do think that the

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author really values that opportunity for expression Who is mr 00:01:24.067 --> [endTime] freeman Eh

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