Our plan was to get there in time for the free group lesson, then to use our new skills to dance the night away.

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When students get stuck they can attend a small group lesson led by a teacher, ask a peer for help, or connect with a teacher one-on-one.

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Although we had one male student in our group, we turned our lesson into the kind of cooking party Lacche described.

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And that points to one broad lesson from the emergence of this new group.

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Clapping and singing echo across the central courtyard, as a teacher leads a group of doll-like eight- and nine-yearold girls in a dance lesson.

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Now, of course, it's time for the Boy Scouts themselves to learn a lesson about adaptability one that I fear may be coming too late to save the group from its long decline in numbers and influence.

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According to Orangeburg County GOP Chairman James Ulmer, who was among a small group of party activists on a conference call with the senator about a month ago, DeMint learned the hard lesson about endorsing early and won't make that mistake again.

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