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Dates: during 1964-1964
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Just as on the mainland, TV makes celebrities. The elastic, expressive face of English Teacher David Lommen, who comes from Minot, N. Dak.., made him famous within a week. Lommen had been told that Polynesian children could not learn to distinguish the th and z sounds of English. He accepted the challenge. Now when he takes a walk, he is sometimes followed by kids dancing after him and hissing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Growing Up in Samoa | 12/4/1964 | See Source »

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