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  • Luca Avellini says goodbye to Gigi the cat as he leaves his house to go to school
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  • The Mount Hope Centennial school building, better known as PS 28 (public school 28)
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  • Gina, the policewoman at Mount Hope Centennial school, better known as PS 28 (public school 28)
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  • Saluting the flag before the start of lessons
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  • The students in Luca Avellini's class wait for permission to enter
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  • The students in Luca Avellini's class wait for permission to enter
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  • Lessons in Luca Avellini's class
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  • Lessons in Luca Avellini's class
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  • Lessons in Luca Avellini's class
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  • Lessons in Luca Avellini's class
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  • Tywayne during the maths lesson
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  • Richard, with the Nike symbol shaved on his head, during the Greek history lesson
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  • Joey working during the maths lesson
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  • Destiny in a weird pose during lessons
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  • Charisma during lessons
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  • Close-up of Talayla during a lesson
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  • Two external narrators read stories in class during Mystery Reader day
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  • Hume and Brie during the rehearsals for the recital on ancient Greece
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  • Avery drinking in the school corridor
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  • Edvige Mancuso (of Apulian origins), the school principal
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  • Mrs. De la Cruz, who supervises the children at recess, with some students from Luca Avellini's class
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  • Diamani putting on lipstick during recess
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  • Yanardis, Estherli and Kaelyn in the canteen during recess
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  • Tawayne with a President Obama t-shirt
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  • Mrs. De la Cruz, who supervises the children at recess, with Tawayne
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  • A group of students during recess
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  • Diamani (with the I love NY t-shirt) and Destiny practice breakdancing during recess
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  • George breakdancing during recess
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  • Children come and go from school on the traditional yellow school buses
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  • Richard with his mother in front of the school which is attended by 74% of Hispanics and 24% of Afro Americans
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  • Joey with his brother outside the school which is attended by 74% of Hispanics and 24% of Afro Americans
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  • Luca Avellini gets into his car after a day of teaching
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UNITED STATES - An Italian teacher in the Bronx

Photos: Bruno Zanzottera

Luca Avellini was once a broker in the City of London. Luxury journeys, cars and hotels were part of his daily routine. Then, one day he had a “Damascus Road conversion”. He left his job and moved to New York to start a new life as a teacher in an elementary school in the Bronx, with 74% of Hispanic and 24% of Afro-American children. “I figured that after the 11th of September, the only way to create a better and more tolerant world was through the children” recounts Luca, who is now the fully-fledged teacher of a group of angelic-looking devils who are convinced that their city is divided into 5 districts: The Bronx, New York, New Jersey, Miami and South America’.

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