One mother, Zeng Liping, told me that teachers had frowned upon her bringing her sixth grader to Europe.

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This brings to mind the story of a sixth grader who came home to his mother to announce his exam grade.

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When she was a 5-foot-8 sixth grader, a friend of her parents asked if she would model in a fashion show to help fund-raise for a neighborhood family.

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Five years later as a sixth-grader Roh won his first election as student council president.

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Christy has been home-schooling the sixth-grader after she had problems keeping up with assignments.

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After a mastectomy in May and chemotherapy this summer, the sixth-grader went back to school.

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Genesis, a sixth-grader whose father has been away most of the last nine years, became anxious after the September attacks.

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