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“Leaving my job and becoming a teacher was the best and hardest decision I’ve made in my life.” Joe Patrick is a career changer who left a lucrative career as a project manager to pursue his youthful dream of teaching. He details th

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“Comedy allows people to hear things that they normally can’t comprehend. To listen to people they normally fear. To change their opinion about something they hate. Because when you get people laughing, you open their hearts.” Comed

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