Matthew's Thoughts

Who Am I?

September 13, 2022

I was walking home after school one day in grade twelve and felt like I was doing everything wrong. Another football season without a championship or an MVP or any local recognition just finished. Again. More importantly, another season

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.

Uvalde Is In Our Bones

I want to let you know something about me. Writing has become my own therapy. I’ve googled and even went

I’m Getting Used To This

All year, I had trouble getting used to this again. Every school day felt like a winter Monday ––tired before

Survive and Advance

You would think I would be so used to the sound of my morning alarm that it would no longer

An Ode to Hip Hop

The hip hop albums I’ve listened to, from Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle to Kendrick’s To Pimp a Butterfly, have taught me

Barbershops Near Me

Favorites, Hip Hop

Why I Got Rid of My Teacher’s Desk

Favorites, Teaching

A Letter to Mom

Favorites

Matthew R. Morris

Educator, Speaker, Writer

Matthew R. Morris is a writer, speaker, and elementary educator in Toronto. He has an M.A. in Social Justice Education from OISE at the University of Toronto and is the author of the forthcoming book, Black Boys Like Me.