Mark Allen, a math teacher at Cape Girardeau Central High School, prepares his Algebra II class for a presentation with his 2-year-old red British Labrador retriever Lucy on Monday outside of the high school.
Mark Allen, a math teacher at Cape Girardeau Central High School, prepares his Algebra II class for a presentation with his 2-year-old red British Labrador retriever Lucy on Monday outside of the high school. Allen began training Lucy in obedience at 6 months old, furthering her training to hunting training when she turned 1. He uses a whistle and hand signals to communicate with Lucy while she is out in a field, as he demonstrated to his students. Allen tied Lucy to the curriculum by having her perform a run in a triangle, in which students were required to solve math equations depending on the class level.KASSI JACKSON
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