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with facts not opinions of what really happens? You mention 80 individuals you
have surveyed, what numbers do you have indicating change? Thanks for the very
kind quotes from our book. It does focus on the community and scaling up rather
than the individual professional, but it is wonderfully exciting to feel community
change the way we also have been seeing students change. I attach a field report.
Carl
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