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In this part of the "this american life" of harper high school, a student is standing in the hallway. the student is visibly upset. the student explains the teacher was giving out cookies and he took an extra. >> apparently, the students were given an incentive for being on time. it was food. >> cookies. it was cookies. the student, along with everyone who got to class on time was allowed to go up and take a cookie. this particular student was dealing with a difficult and dangerous situation at ...

>> i think everybody was shot at. everybody on the team. >> maybe the most stunning part of the story is that harper high is not an unprecedented exception. its one of many schools trying desperately to educate thousands of kids living in a reality we try to imagine. we can glimpse the helplessness and hopelessness, the constant innocence in their voices. here to help us delve deeper into harper high is the host of the show, ira glass and principal of harper high. how are you this morning? >> go...

Forget they are children. thank you very much. ira is staying with us. when we come back, much, much more on harper high school. my mother made the best toffee in the world. its delicious. so now weve turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. im janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. [ robert ] we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams...

Through harper is tangible and extraordinary. it was hard for me to listen to it for two hours. you live with it daily. what do people need to know? >> people need to know that first of all kids are kids. the students at harper high school are wonderful children. im so blessed to be a part of harper high school. im so blessed to have the staff that i have at harper. i have one of the most amazing staffs in the city of chicago, if not across the country because they are so passionate. they are so...

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