Arc Stories: January 2016 Edition

| January 28, 2016 

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Stories about learning a valuable lesson. A young man striving for his father’s approval; a couple whose relationship is defined by the purchase of a van; and an educator who’s life trajectory is shaped by one of his students.

(Originally aired January 28, 2016 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.)

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