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…
Police Violence and Indifference in Seattle
The violence and indifference of Seattle law enforcement grieves me. Seattleites of color continue to endure a culture of terror. Seattle police officers have killed numerous unarmed people of color over the years. Just when there appeared to be a lull, officers killed Jaahnavi Kandula. They ran over her in a crosswalk going 70 MPH…
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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