tomorrow is the first day of school! (w/out kidz) actually feeling pretty stoked, rested in multiple ways, and ready to give this a whole new shot. i get to teach 11th grade this year, and (as much of a bummer as it is) most kids who drop out will have dropped out by 11th grade. i'm really lucky in a lot of ways to be at my school, namely my department accepts and cherishes alternative hair-dos involving rat tails and mullet flaps. i quote i just read about teachers:
"But teachers, and especially the teachers of young children, are not servants of the global corporations or drill sergeants for the state and should never be complelled to view themselves that way. I think they have a higher destiny than that. The best of teachers are not merely the technicians of proficiency; they are also ministers of innocence, practitioners of tender expectations . They stalwartly refuse to see their pupils as so many future economic units for a corporate society, little pint-sized deficits or assets for America's economy, into whom they are expected to pump "added value," as the pundits of the education policy arena now declaim. Teachers like these believe that every child who has been entrusted to their care comes into their classroom with inherent value to begin with." Kozol.
Inspirationally punk!
Something to shoot for. There are tons of precious Chinese children singing very high on the Olympics. Time to go!
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I'm excited for you! 11th grade! You must let me know how it goes. You're an inspiration, girl.
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