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What I Learned in Jail

By David Underwood

"Are we going to do collage?" asked a large man in a blue jumpsuit and day-glo orange tennis shoes.

"No, I don't think we'll be doing any collage, at least not for now, Bob. Sorry."

It was the first day of my first class at the local county jail. I'd signed on as a volunteer graphic design instructor, and I knew there would be challenges. But putting a 290-pound student in a deep funk within the first five minutes of class was a bad start.

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