American Experience: Partners of the Heart
Early Years: Pearl High School
Nat Crippens:  video | transcript
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One of the reasons that Vivien was able to make it was the thorough training that he had there and the kind of supportive environment. Parents communicated with teachers. Teachers communicated with each other and if Vivien or anyone got out of line, before nightfall the parents knew it. And the parents would tell the child, "I'm not sending you there to do so and so and so. I'm sending you there to learn. And Miss So-and-so is trying to help you."