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“We just sat there. Then we started talking. Then somebody started throwing papers and everybody was throwing papers at the subs and yelling. It was complete havoc. There were about 10 teachers for 600 kids. Then, everybody started ditching.”
--Eighth-grader Tom Guth, describing the atmosphere in the auditorium of Walter Reed Junior High in North Hollywood on the first day of the strike by Los Angeles teachers.
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