Mom to Naomi | Math Educator | Trust steadily, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. Interests: Socially conscious and justice oriented math She/Her/Hers
Nov 2, 2020 • 39 tweets • 8 min read
I got to spend an amazing hour with some 1st and 2nd year teachers last week, thanks to @saravdwerf. In that time, the topic of this week came up. I thought I would thread out some of the things that I shared, on the eve of the election.
In 2016, I was not prepared for the day of the election or the few days after. I watched in horror as some of my students shouted slurs towards my other students. I didn't have a plan for how to react, what to teach, or what to say.
#TheNaomiChronicles
In October, far before any of this pandemic was even a whisper, Naomi and I were at our local grocery store, @FoodLion #3814.
We walked by the deli section and Naomi saw...an Elsa cake.
Mar 18, 2019 • 20 tweets • 5 min read
There is a natural culture of exclusion that divides people into insiders and outsiders. This view pays into unequal participation, inequitable access to resources, unproductive social interactions, and eventually competitive learning.
This culture of exclusion with the end result of competitive learning is a lot like roller derby. It creates a system of education that means that some people need to win, which consequently means that others have to fail.