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The U.S. Supreme Court decided in a 1982 case, Hawthorn v. Lovorn, that state court decisions were covered under the Voting Rights Act and that state courts had an obligation to comply with federal law.

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Lovorn also stresses the difference between humor with a goal in mind and humor for no clear reason.

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Lovorn believes it's important to reverse that way of thinking, largely because he expects humor to play an increasingly vital role in teacher-student communication.

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"We say we value humor, but we seldom put our money where our mouth is," says Lovorn, who has published articles on humor in journals like

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Humor in the classroom, Lovorn says, is "not for entertainment's sake; it is for engagement's sake."

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Humor in the classroom, Lovorn says, is "not for entertainment's sake; it is for engagement's sake."

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Lovorn believes it's important to reverse that way of thinking, largely because he expects humor to play an increasingly vital role in teacher-student communication.

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"We say we value humor, but we seldom put our money where our mouth is," says Lovorn, who has published articles on humor in journals like

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"I believe humor is a big part of human development," says Lovorn, an assistant professor of social studies education at The University of Alabama, who has spent more than a decade researching the use of humor in the classroom.

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"I believe humor is a big part of human development," says Lovorn, an assistant professor of social studies education at The University of Alabama, who has spent more than a decade researching the use of humor in the classroom.

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