On Being Tired - GEN
In my 16-year career as a high school teacher, I have been through more lockdowns than I can count Image by Ulrike Mai from Pixabay There’s a bucket in my classroom. It’s bright yellow plastic with a sturdy black lid. It’s large. It looks like any one of the industrial sorts of buckets you might find in the aisles of Home Depot or in the dusty disarray of a construction site. It lives under my desk, just between a box of printer paper and a crate of student portfolios, and it has been there s...
On Being Tired - GEN
In my 16-year career as a high school teacher, I have been through more lockdowns than I can count Image by Ulrike Mai from Pixabay There’s a bucket in my classroom. It’s bright yellow plastic with a sturdy black lid. It’s large. It looks like any one of the industrial sorts of buckets you might find in the aisles of Home Depot or in the dusty disarray of a construction site. It lives under my desk, just between a box of printer paper and a crate of student portfolios, and it has been there s...
An Extended Break From the Rat Race Has Changed My Life
10 lessons learned that I never want to lose https://medium.com/@lindacastrilli?source=post_page-----942da44c924----------------------------------- Linda Castrilli https://index.medium.com/i-took-an-extended-break-from-the-rat-race-here-are-lessons-learned-that-i-never-want-to-lose-942da44c924?source=post_page-----942da44c924----------------------------------- Dec 16, 2021·6 min readPhoto: GettyImages In the spring of 2021, I left the corporate job I had been in for the prior seventeen years....
An Extended Break From the Rat Race Has Changed My Life
10 lessons learned that I never want to lose https://medium.com/@lindacastrilli?source=post_page-----942da44c924----------------------------------- Linda Castrilli https://index.medium.com/i-took-an-extended-break-from-the-rat-race-here-are-lessons-learned-that-i-never-want-to-lose-942da44c924?source=post_page-----942da44c924----------------------------------- Dec 16, 2021·6 min readPhoto: GettyImages In the spring of 2021, I left the corporate job I had been in for the prior seventeen years....
Things I Wish My Students Knew - Ellie Reaves - Medium
Photo by Barry Zhou on Unsplash I lost two students last month. Not students who are currently enrolled in my class, although I have experienced that particular sort of devastation. No, these students were in my class several years ago. My kids. Any teacher will tell you that this is how it works. When a student comes into my classroom, I tell them they have a lifetime warranty on their experience as my student. Struggling in college? Call. Need a reference? Email. Want to meet up for an in-p...
Things I Wish My Students Knew - Ellie Reaves - Medium
Photo by Barry Zhou on Unsplash I lost two students last month. Not students who are currently enrolled in my class, although I have experienced that particular sort of devastation. No, these students were in my class several years ago. My kids. Any teacher will tell you that this is how it works. When a student comes into my classroom, I tell them they have a lifetime warranty on their experience as my student. Struggling in college? Call. Need a reference? Email. Want to meet up for an in-p...
Ode to bell hooks - ZORA
https://irmamcclaurin.medium.com/?source=post_page-----6275c7ddb3d0----------------------------------- Irma McClaurin https://zora.medium.com/ode-to-bell-hooks-6275c7ddb3d0?source=post_page-----6275c7ddb3d0----------------------------------- Dec 16, 2021·2 min readImages from bell hooks INSTITUTE, Berea College, bellhooksinstitute.com sista bell hooks, to you, we owe an enormous debt that can never really be repaid in full. You fed our minds, gave us concepts like Black Feminism
Ode to bell hooks - ZORA
https://irmamcclaurin.medium.com/?source=post_page-----6275c7ddb3d0----------------------------------- Irma McClaurin https://zora.medium.com/ode-to-bell-hooks-6275c7ddb3d0?source=post_page-----6275c7ddb3d0----------------------------------- Dec 16, 2021·2 min readImages from bell hooks INSTITUTE, Berea College, bellhooksinstitute.com sista bell hooks, to you, we owe an enormous debt that can never really be repaid in full. You fed our minds, gave us concepts like Black Feminism
My Favorite Podcast Is Talking To You On The Phone For Hours
Photo by Mike Meyers on UnsplashI’m no self-help guru but call your friends https://johndevore.medium.com/?source=post_page-----4f244cbfa03a----------------------------------- John DeVore https://medium.com/humungus/my-favorite-podcast-is-talking-to-you-on-the-phone-for-hours-4f244cbfa03a?source=post_page-----4f244cbfa03a----------------------------------- Dec 16, 2021·5 min read The internet is a horn of cornucopia overflowing with mostly harmless self-help advice from aspiring gurus. Drink ...
My Favorite Podcast Is Talking To You On The Phone For Hours
Photo by Mike Meyers on UnsplashI’m no self-help guru but call your friends https://johndevore.medium.com/?source=post_page-----4f244cbfa03a----------------------------------- John DeVore https://medium.com/humungus/my-favorite-podcast-is-talking-to-you-on-the-phone-for-hours-4f244cbfa03a?source=post_page-----4f244cbfa03a----------------------------------- Dec 16, 2021·5 min read The internet is a horn of cornucopia overflowing with mostly harmless self-help advice from aspiring gurus. Drink ...
