Matthew's Thoughts
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
My Personal Favorites
- Favorites, Hip Hop
- Favorites, Teaching
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Matthew R. Morris
Educator, Speaker, Writer
Matthew R. Morris
a lot has changed in the last 5-6 years of teaching. from overall school culture to students and student learning. it can’t be just me that’s noticed this, can it? please tell me i’m not alone. #QuarantineEd #OntEd
Read Morei have so many thoughts about the first month of the 2022 school year. about students, about systems, about schooling. i need to woosah this weekend and then write and write and write.
Read Morereading more Baldwin. listening to more Hov. closing my rings when i can. working on parts of my insides in order to keep all my outsides intact.
Read MoreRT @MsNReynolds: Reconciliation is not recreating Indigenous people's artwork, art styles, or traditional objects. That's quite the opposit…
Read Moretruth should come before all that other stuff, right? before all the symbols and shirts and slogans…right? just making sure.
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