<p>Mrs. Amelita Ross does more work in a day than many people do in a week: she teaches at North Jackson Elementary School, runs the desk at a hotel on weekends, helps raise her grandchildren, and works on earning National Board Certification. Her experiences show there's no limit for a person who gives 100% all the time. Written by Nina Patel, and produced by Molly Mosley and Mackenzie Pitts.</p>

Mrs. Amelita Ross does more work in a day than many people do in a week: she teaches at North Jackson Elementary School, runs the desk at a hotel on weekends, helps raise her grandchildren, and works on earning National Board Certification. Her experiences show there's no limit for a person who gives 100% all the time. Written by Nina Patel, and produced by Molly Mosley and Mackenzie Pitts.

Amelita Ross: Ninety-Nine and a Half Won't Do

You can't understand the world unless you understand Mississippi. People here experience all the joys and pains everyone does, but with a statewide population of just three million, everything is much, much more personal. The students who record Real Mississippi take you behind the magnolia curtain so you can understand the people who make Mississippi, Mississippi.

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