POPS: Man with white hair, glasses, light blue shirt standing against whiteboard talks to high school students sitting at individual desks.

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It’s lunchtime on a recent Wednesday at Venice High School. Twenty or so students are sitting at their desks with full plates of food looking up at the teacher. No one is looking at their phones. They listen attentively to the man up front, who is giving them a writing prompt.