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Shri Thanedar: “I would teach undergraduate students chemistry. So that's…”

Featuring: Shri Thanedar, Democratic | U.S. House Michigan, 13th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 15:52

And then you get there and got to Akron. The first thing I saw, some students came in with the winter jackets in their hands. And that's how I started. I got my studies. I would teach undergraduate students chemistry. So that's how I got my tuition waived. And that's how I was able to run. They would pay me $300 a month to teach the undergraduate students as a part time job. (15:52–15:59)

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