“Kids these days” is the usual preemptive statement that is followed by what, how and why “this generation” is lacking. It does seem as though …
Kids Can Smell Fear
Do you remember what it was like to be a kid? I mean, besides the nostalgic memories of gallivanting on bicycles around your neighborhood with …
Why Geniuses Suck At School
Part 2: Why geniuses suck at school In my part 1 of why geniuses suck at school, I wrote about a student who, by fifth …
Why Geniuses Are Horrible at School
Part 1: Why geniuses are horrible at school I never quite understood the stories of geniuses who are horrible at school until I started …
Following the wrong leader
Type “schools kill” in your Google bar and the first ten things that populate the autocomplete suggestion bar revolve around the word “creativity”. Sir Ken …
Trust me, they all learning something…
One of my pet peeves in my role as a teacher comes from the nonchalant mouths of other teachers. More specifically, my most difficult times …
10 months with us
“Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or in the same way.” – George Evans. The year I became an educator, a …
H&M and Education Equity
I first caught wind of the handsome black boy outfitted in a hoodie with the words, “coolest monkey in the jungle” on Monday morning as I …
Teaching and Learning While Black
Recently, I wrote a piece for ETFO Voice Magazine that was featured. It was featured because they, like me, thought it was an important message. It is …
When smart people say there’s no institutional racism
I started on YouTube watching some Lord Jamar interview and somehow, thirty minutes later, was watching a Piers Morgan Live episode where he was debating …