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Traina Tucker, her TFC mentor, has taken over her class. Smiling cheerfully, the 16-year veteran appears to have slipped in without missing a beat. Only minutes ago, Tucker was helping another of her interns with a child s crisis. So my mentee was freaked out, and I had to go help her while I was covering this classroom. At Harold Washington Elementary, Teachers for Chicago intern Michelle Navarre teaches her 5th-graders tai chi, a Chinese movement meditation with roots in martial arts.