Highs: third period came trickling into today due to the 2 our delay. They were the best they’ve ever been in awhile. They sat and listened, They answered questions, they got it right. During independent practice, Anthony kept asking, “can we do one more?” “Can we keep going?”. It was amazing. Lows: My principal asking…
read more »“What we need are teachers who don’t make excuses,” said Philadelphia Superintendent Arlene Ackerman. “I don’t want to hear about bureaucracy. We have always had bureaucracies…We are looking for people who say ‘I can teach a rock to read.’…If it is not the right place for you, then you should find another place to go.”…
read more »Since when did the word ‘slave’ become equivalent in meaning, historical connotation, and impact to the word ‘nigger’? There is no historical, specific implication behind the world ‘slave’ and to whom it refers to. A slave could have existed at any point throughout world history, been Egyptian, Polish, or Asian, or of any race or…
read more »Because he knew I was on the brink of tears
read more »It’s funny because if I were to have done my research prior to applying (and later committing to) to Teach for America, I do not know that I would have followed through. However, hindsight being 20-20, I do have questions that you can ask yourself to determine if you “should” “do” “TFA?” All things being…
read more »justwhenyouthinkyourlifeistogether it falls apart. and you keep asking yourself “what’s wrong with me?” when people comment about your former life, the one before you were a teacher, you get upset. when you think about your former life, and the happiness therein, you get upset. and you feel tricked. played. nobody ever told me it would…
read more »So I’ve finally found my groove. The year has been long already, but I love my kids. Desperately and completely, in spite of everything and BECAUSE of everything and everyday we spend together. I have seen improvement, they have seen improvement, we have grown even if we have also experienced setbacks. It’s truly a learning…
read more »As a precursory note, the hope of this post relies on my efforts to address what I have learned about myself in the context of race, class, and culture, and to examine the construction of my students’ understandings of race, class, and culture since teaching. Additionally, I seek to explore the meanings of these notions as an…
read more »“Don’t drive faster than your guardian angel can fly…” Me: but listen lady, when you have 4 morning detentions to give at 7:15am, you’re gonna have to drive faster than this.
read more »At a parent-teacher conference earlier this week: Gathered around a conference-style table, all 6th grade teachers met with the parents of the students as they pick up the report cards of the child for the previous marking period. Conferences were being held in 10-minute intervals. After about 3 conferences that day, the ELA teacher stands…
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