{"id":72292,"date":"2020-10-24T10:52:02","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T10:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.140.144.153\/2020\/10\/24\/teaching-in-france-i-feel-like-im-on-the-frontline-of-making-kids-better\/"},"modified":"2020-10-24T10:52:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T10:52:02","slug":"teaching-in-france-i-feel-like-im-on-the-frontline-of-making-kids-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/teaching-in-france-i-feel-like-im-on-the-frontline-of-making-kids-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching in France: &#8216;I feel like I&#8217;m on the frontline of making kids better&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-responsive-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k3cRzFOIFS8h3Pwog8X\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France is holding a national tribute to Samuel Paty, the history teacher murdered outside his school because of a class he gave on freedom of speech in which he showed cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. 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