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\"I would definitely do it again,\" Grimm said. \"In Prisilla's eyes this is everything to her. And to my students, who learned such a valuable lesson of looking on the inside of someone.\"

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PHOTO: Shannon Grimm, a second year kindergarten teacher at Meador Elementary School in Willis, Texas, cut her hair in January after kindergartner, Prisilla Perez, 5, was apparently being teased by classmates for her new haircut.
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