#Teaching

I tried to write a blog post but I failed so instead I'm gonna write a few tweets.I started teaching 10 years ago. I taught mostly students from inner city
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My Dad was a good man in many raised. Single Dad to two kids, made tons of sacrifices to us. But he had some serious anger issues that OFTEN were
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Online teaching is hard, but pales in comparison to the academic job market. Best wishes this stressful season! Some advice from a recent grad: 1. Job materials are a particular
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Can I tell yall about yall's niece Wynter Rose real quick?So a few weeks ago, Wynter was out front playing with this little boy on the steps. They were having
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This year my Twitter has been full of my whining and complaining. But honestly, right now, with seven weeks to go, all I want to do is shut my door,
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A HUGE issue revealed by today's "Back to School" headlines is the misconception that schoolteaching in the 21st century involves little more than Victorian-style lecturing."Why," they ask, "is distancing in
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Several blocks from where George Floyd was murdered is Abbott Northwestern Hospital. I came into the world there. I was born premature and couldn’t breathe well. After a week in
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I'm probably fighting a losing battle in trying to get academics based in North America to stop saying "decolonizing" when they actually mean "work towards more equitable practices in our
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A man took his teenage son boat riding one night hoping to show him his super powers, and maybe unlock the super power in his son too. So, at the
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[conversation that stemmed from teaching English in secondary schools]We are anxiously awaiting the next Young Adult series mega-hitWe still hasn’t gotten a series with the same level of impact like
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1/ One thing twitter taught me is not to RT something (or react to it in any way) without reading it carefully first. Headlines - often not written by or
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Had a few questions about opportunities to #KeepGettingBetter at @Ambition_Inst on leadership programmes starting this summer. Here are a few links.All programmes are adapted to be online through a blend
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Why is it that men never want to stop their boys from being pedophiles or rapists but they always want to stop their boys from being gay (and/or feminine) and
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My name is Harmeet Kaur, “God’s friend” and “princess” in Sikh scriptures, the Guru Granth Sahib. My parents selected the name in a religious ceremony. I voted for @realDonaldTrump. People
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I preached on racism this weekend. I thought the occasion of Pentecost and the readings absolutely warranted it. I've seen a lot of you ask it of your priest, too.
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Yesterday, my Maa—a Hindu woman who fasted every Tues "for Ganpati" all thru her 32 yrs of marriage, until Papa passed away—observed her one day of #Ramzan fast, for the
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