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Teaching through Trauma
I have taught through trauma. I spent quite a long time thinking about how to start this piece and kept coming back to this simple sentence: I have taught through trauma. Seems simple enough. Short. To the point. But what that sentence elicits in me both writing it and reading it is far more complex.…
Don’t Mistake Me for a Mrs.
“Good morning, Mrs. X.” NO. “Dear Mrs. X, I have a question about my grade. Can you help? Thanks, Student” NO. “How are you, Mrs. X?” NO. I am not a Mrs. That is not my title. Perhaps this seems like a simple thing, a nonissue. And perhaps you’ve not experienced this particular slight. But…
Let’s Talk about Sex
Sex. An often forbidden or, at the very least, overlooked topic in education. Yet it is one that should be addressed and given time for discussion and thought. In the high school English classroom, the likelihood of teaching a text featuring sex in some way is quite high, assuming you (or your administration) are not…
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