His politics teacher told the students to stay in their chairs and calm down.

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Born in 1964, Magomedsalam Magomedov worked as a teacher before going into business and politics.

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Mr Guidera, an aspiring teacher who was studying history and politics at the University of Greenwich, had spent the day watching football on television with friends before getting the 21:17 GMT train from Bickley to Penge East, arriving just before 21:30 GMT.

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The Charlotte Observer had a story saying that on Sunday night a teacher got a call -- this is a teacher who has been active in Democratic politics -- got a call from an Obama for America official saying, can you come to the event, the President wants to talk to you there.

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Kerry also has made education a priority in the Senate, sometimes -- as described by The Almanac of American Politics -- parting company with fellow Democrats on issues such as teacher tenure.

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He holds degrees in economics from Birmingham and Leeds Universities and was a teacher and lecturer for 16 years, mostly of economics and politics.

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His co-teacher, Peter Molnar, was a former member of the Hungarian parliament who had drifted away from politics and into academia as the progressive youth movement that he had founded got co-opted by populist right-wing elements.

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