AUBURN, Ill. (AP) — Ann Young could easily be pegged for a hippie judging from all the peace signs that hang on the walls in her classroom and dangle from her bracelet. But you would be wrong.
“My mother never would have allowed that,” she said.
For Young, who’s retiring after 33 years, including 26 as a special education teacher at Auburn High School, the peace sign is more than just a symbol. It represents a philosophy.
“Most people look at it as something that was cute from the ’60s,” she said. “For me, it really had a message.
“Not just world peace, but personal peace and peace with your neighbor in here and acceptance of our differences, and maybe even m…
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