Middle school teacher wrestling w/ middle age. Writes, mostly about teachers: @ajc @BitterSouth @Edu_Post @edutopia @Harvard_Ed_Pub @educationweek @TEDx
Mar 17, 2023 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
I have never been a teacher, but don't worry!
I have some advice for you.
A🧵
I hear you when you say that students don’t bring pencils to class. Have you tried just lending them pencils? A 24 pack would probably last you most of the year.
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Sep 30, 2022 • 25 tweets • 4 min read
I posted a tweet yesterday about teachers leaving school-work at school and it is generating a lot of noise, both objection and affirmation.
Let me summarize the objections and rebuttals here.
To repeat, teachers should be leaving their work in the building. Here's why:
First, some ground rules. I'm talking about working every spare minute of the day with very few breaks. Arriving a little early and leaving a little late. Not rolling up & out with the kids. If you do that, you'll have to work at home.
May 6, 2020 • 19 tweets • 3 min read
A short list of privileges that I enjoy as a white person
Privileges that are largely denied Black and brown Americans
(not for #AhmaudArbery, because it doesn't help him, but rather because of him)
Privilege #1
I can go jogging wherever I want, whenever I want, without fear of being bothered by would-be vigilantes
Oct 7, 2019 • 31 tweets • 5 min read
30 Ways White Teachers Do Wrong
#1
Most of us fail to reckon with the fact the America is a country built on a foundation of slavery, genocide, and white supremacy
30 Ways White Teachers Do Wrong
#2
Most of us fail to reckon with the fact the America still grants real privilege to our white skin, each and every day
