Identity is tricky. Identity politics can be really alienating and confusing. Truth be told, I struggle with it, a lot because it’s complex and when we oversimplify it, it ends up leaving a lot out of the conversation. I want to (imperfectly) break down a few key points about privilege for those of you reading […]
Month: November 2016
Hope in Community
It’s been an extremely long week. Here’s what’s been giving me hope in the latter half of this week: Teaching an amazing group of teacher candidates on Wednesday afternoon: On the Afternoon After the Election Helping to coordinate a campus tour for HS juniors & seniors who visited our campus today and talking with them […]
Never Quite American
I was born in upstate New York I was raised speaking only English in a middle-class suburb around very nice people I gravitated towards American and European history and literature in school, chose French as my second language I grew up in a Protestant church, singing hymns and going to youth groups I attended public […]
Learning Compassion
It’s been an extremely long and full week. This time of the semester is always extremely stressful as my students are preparing to turn in high-stakes teacher performance assessments that are gatekeepers between them and their credentials. The pressure is on and their stress can be contagious. It’s also the point in the semester where […]