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In understanding of police
I want to say that it’s not fair to condemn the police without acknowledging my own complicity as a teacher who entered the field with the best of intentions but who had to step away when I wasn’t performing up to the impossible expectations placed on teachers in title one schools. Police officers and teachers…
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Developing a tutoring business…
I am developing a tutoring business that I started pre-pandemic. It had taken off and, when I read about shortages of substitute teachers, I stepped back from it in order to substitute teach. Substitute teaching helped the schools to stay open. This allowed students to receive free breakfast and lunches. The business was a simple…
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Expectations with Compassion
Teachers hold themselves to a high standard. When teachers hold themselves to a high standard, they can form children into Christlikeness. We must embody what we want the students to become. Money gets in the way, so we need to accept that teachers aren’t paid well, some say. To which I respond, Yes! and then…