Matthew's Thoughts
In Between The Bell
Students started filling the hallways after the afternoon bell rang. The first one. Shari, Felicia, and Nasir were all singing from the literal tip of their lungs. Loud, obnoxious in a sense to any adult that had to warm
I Blame Social Media For All
I know I’m not the only one who can no longer blame the pandemic for what education looks like today.
Media Literacy: I’m Still Stuck on Selfies
“They could care less about the Z pattern in paper ads. Now they all wanted to know if their teacher
Those Last Three Years
Teaching through a pandemic makes no one a better educator. It may have made some more resourceful, more attuned to
Dear Summer
Dear Summer, I don’t know if you miss me. For we been together like Nike Airs and fresh tees.
My Personal Favorites
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Matthew R. Morris
Educator, Speaker, Writer
Matthew R. Morris
sheesh. still.
Read Moreyou have to understand who you are before you are able to fully show up and thrive.
Read Morethis week’s read. im so looking forward to getting a bit of report card work done and then cracking this open. im not super big on blurbs, but this one hear came with some bars. https://t.co/nmFHJ75N6G
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create space to be yourself.
Read Morewhen i think about what black students have to navigate and survive in school systems i'm constantly struck by the reality that they experience every minute of the school day--the dichotomy of always either being unseen or overseen.
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