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Archive Home > 2011 > May > 18 > A taxing lesson on American history

A taxing lesson on American history

Like wired colonists, Juniper bloggers protest autocratic imposition of levies Exercise gives Juniper fifth-graders taste of what colonists dealt with in U.S.’s infancy

By Megan Kehoe / The Bulletin
May 18, 2011

When a tax on sugar was imposed on Jaime Speed’s fourth- and fifth-grade class during a recent Friday lesson, students were understandably unhappy. But when it was announced that a series of taxes would also be imposed on classroom supplies, trips to the water fountain, and even trips....

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