When fourth grader Ava Meyers went to London for a family vacation, her Duran Duran-loving teacher jokingly gave her an “assignment” to say hi to the legendary band.

Miriam Osborne’s fourth-grade classroom at Richardson ISD’s White Rock Elementary School in Dallas is anything but ordinary. The room is filled with Duran Duran memorabilia, albums, and student-drawn pictures of the iconic ’80s band. Osborne, a Language Arts teacher, encourages storytelling in her classroom—and she practices what she preaches.

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“One of the first ones I share is my fourth-grade self, which was a HUGE Duran Duran fan,” Osborne said, holding yellowed 3x5 photos from the 1980s. “So these are photos of my bedroom when I was a fourth grader, and I wallpapered my room

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