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Aristus

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31. I think the program directors overlooked the obvious:

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 10:11 AM

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People afraid of "woke" are not the kind of people who go to class; certainly not voluntarily.

Try recruiting students at your local tractor pull; or a monster truck rally.

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