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"Respect one another's opinions." If you're opinion dehumanizes or oppresses a group of people, I have no respect for it, nor will I be admonished into faux politeness for the sake of people's comfort.

Mine was a handmade Christmas card from a student during my first year of teaching. I speak French and would teach words and phrases to the kids at the end of the day. It turns out this kid went home and begged his dad to use his high school French to help him write my card in French.… Read More

My medication=relief. On days I forget to take it, I am weepy and I can physically feel the tension of anxiety in my torso and neck. Even if I don't have anything to be anxious about, I can feel it just under my skin, waiting to jump out full force at the slightest provocation. With… Read More

Licking the wall. Literally, just sticking his tongue out until it was flat against the cinder block and walking, dragging his tongue on the wall the whole time. He got a good 5 feet before I stopped him because I was so dumbstruck by what I was seeing.

What's brown and sticky? A stick.

"Blankets" by Craig Thompson, or "Fun Home" by Alison Bechdel. Both are phenomenal, for different reasons.

My first graders know that I speak French and am a total francophile. One day, out of the blue, a student who I was struggling to connect with walked in and handed me an envelope. Inside was an adorable hand-made card that, upon opening, was in French! It said that he was glad that… Read More

Seeing the kids helping one another, both academically and socially, is so gratifying. Watching a student support another student's thinking is so exciting! It's also wonderful to see them being kind to one another: helping a friend pick up dropped supplies, sharing math manipulatives,… Read More