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Straight Talk

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arolyn Borman has
no patience for
hypocrisy. As a
child, she attended
a temple where she said
prayers she didn't believe.
She didn't want that as an
adult. Instead, she joined the
Birmingham Temple because
"I think it's really honest."
Mrs. Borman, the temple's
director of youth education,
was born and raised in De-

troit. She attended the Uni-
versity of Michigan and holds
a master's degree in social
work. She served as a social
worker for a number of years
with the Oak Park schools.
Today, she is a college coun-
selor at Roeper City and
Country School and lives in
Bloomfield Hills.
Mrs. Borman's profession-
al affiliation with the Birm-
ingham Temple began in

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1972. She began teaching
fifth-graders, and middle-
school age children remain
her favorite. "They're eager
to please you, and their cog-
nitive abilities are still de-
veloping," she says.
As an educator, Mrs. Bor-
man hopes to show compas-
sion and, at the same time,
provide guidance. "You want
children to know you're in-
terested in them," she says,

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