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In my head.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min<\/span><\/span>Location update: Our basement-of-the-science hall class has officially relocated to the Academic Underground (a real place!). Sliding swivel chairs, detached from workstations. Pop-up desk\/monitors. Networked. Dry erase _only_. LED projection equipment. Granted, it is, essentially, a cave&#8211;classroom space carved out of mined limestone caves with gunnite-sprayed walls, painted white, dimpled with texture. 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