Thank you for this, Erica. I appreciate your thoughts on making them independent thinkers, too. | by Jose Vilson | Medium

I agree with so much of this.

Erica Anthony-Benavides

1 min readOct 29, 2017

Thank you for this, Erica. I appreciate your thoughts on making them independent thinkers, too.

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The educator Gotham deserves. Architect for a better future. Speaker, activist, and author. https://thejosevilson.com. IG: @thejosevilson

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