- Nov 07, 2020
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- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a teacher born and bred, and I believe in the advocacy of teachers. It's a calling. We want our students to feel impassioned and empowered.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a very progressive family and with a great educational system, and I asked myself, 'Why doesn't everybody have these opportunities for a good education? So why not give back to these kids who didn't grow up with the same privileges I had?'
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're too robotic and scripted, the students tune you out. So I always tried to use different learning modalities - kinesthetic, auditory, visual, whatever might bring learning to life.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing is powerful. Whether it's a little girl hiding from the Nazis in an attic, or Amnesty International writing letters on behalf of political prisoners, the power of telling stories is usually what causes change.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
I realized if you can change a classroom, you can change a community, and if you change enough communities you can change the world.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Paying to teach in the trenches was like putting my face through a cutout hole at a carnival while a quarterback threw pies at me. At least with a carnival, I'd see it coming.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think a lot of teachers feel like they're teaching to a test. Our response is you teach to a student, you really teach to the kid.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have learned that, although I am a good teacher, I am a much better student, and I was blessed to learn valuable lessons from my students on a daily basis. They taught me the importance of teaching to a student - and not to a test.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that everyone has a story, and it is important that we encourage all students to tell theirs.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that all students, when asked to be accountable for their actions and to be socially aware citizens, will become agents for change!
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that education is the greatest equalizer; thus, I will continue to fight to equalize the playing field in an educational atmosphere that is not always level!
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The stories my pupils told me were astonishing. One told how he had witnessed his cousin being shot in the back five times; another how his parents had died of AIDS. Another said that he'd probably been to more funerals than parties in his young life. For me - someone who had had an idyllic, happy childhood - this was staggering.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was going to show my kids that no matter what happened with their parents, parole officers and other teachers, I wouldn't give up on them. I let them know it matters to me that you come to class, it matters to me that you try, it matters to me when you succeed.
- Handed
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- Nov 07, 2020