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Jeron Velasco, a teacher from the Philippines, initially struggled to connect with students in the U.S. due to cultural differences in classroom dynamics.

He adapted his teaching style by incorporating interactive, hands-on activities to make learning more engaging for his students.

Velasco now teaches on the White Mountain Apache reservation, and has won awards for his teaching methods.

As a curious kid in the Philippines, Jeron Velasco enjoyed learning about the world from cable news and programming. He hated reading and preferred National Geographic, Discovery Channel, PBS, CNN and the BBC.

Now 34 and a teacher, Velasco still favors video as an educational tool. Many of the videos he uses in the classroom are from C-SPAN , a nonprofit cable and satellite telev

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