Saturday, May 30, 2009

and still i rise

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hey all. im finishing up my 2nd year of teaching here in brooklyn. thankful, blessed- all of the time.
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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Lex, the kid that makes my life hell

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I have a new student, Lex, who in my eyes, lives to make my life hell. He is a student I have no answers for in my bag of tricks. He got m...
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

The first day, for the second time.

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Breath in, breath out. Breath in, breath out. ‘Breath in, breath out’ were the words that I told myself all day today. Prior to this mornin...
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Saturday, August 23, 2008

today is yet another day

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8/23/08 (A Train from BK to the City to link up w/ my brother who is visiting) It needs no mentioning that without question, as I approach y...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Pit of Death

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One of my students, “Nick,” told me that if I don’t give him a birthday present, that he will send me to the “Pit of Death” in Sparta (think...
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Saturday, February 9, 2008

Kinda Sad

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Kinda Sad.. “Kisha’s” last day was Friday. As of Monday, she will be going to another school in the Bronx. I was shocked and saddened by ...
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Monday, February 4, 2008

A great day...

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I have a student who I am so thankful for. He is the hope, the future, and the prospect of what it means to be young and Black. My man is ...
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Sunday, February 3, 2008

Last week

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Walking down the hallway on Friday to punch out, I was a walking zombie. Last week was probably the toughest since the 1st. What made it s...
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Saturday, January 26, 2008

My Revelation, My Dilemma

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This week I had a revelation. In order for me to be a successful teacher (and to feel good about my work), I have to be more involved in th...
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Saturday, January 19, 2008

I teach kids about the Jena 6, you call me the n word, and I am the racist?!?

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Unfortunately, I have to start moderating my comments on this blog, because of the utter ignorance that is starting to be apparent with peop...
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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Tomorrow, yesterday, and today

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I am feeling the pain of tomorrow.  I am feeling the throbbing sting of yesterday.  Sometimes I wish the pain could numb me.  But it doesn...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Teaching

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Teaching inclusion is extremely difficult.  Teaching in New York City is difficult period.  But teaching in an inclusive environment is prov...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Is Our Children Learning?

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Check it out. I am thankful for my readership. I feel connected to an educational blog community- which feels great to be a part of. Some...
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Monday, October 22, 2007

Young revolutionaries

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It feels so good to, as Jose said, partake in “intelligent dialogue and thorough action.” Jena 6 is on the topic of my mind. It has been e...
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Thursday, October 18, 2007

Week 7

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Today was disastrous. At one point, I just sat in my chair, mouth shut, and just listened to the chaos, witnessed the dance moves, and took...
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Thursday, October 4, 2007

The 3 day weekend that I wish wasn't

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We should have school on Monday. These kids should be learning instead of honoring someone who doesn’t deserve anything good to be mentione...
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Wednesday, October 3, 2007

In response to the problematic comments to the post, "Problematic" (sigh)

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I had to sit on this for a full day. Let me start with the Jena 6- (of which I did a lesson on today thanks to the responses to my blog- so...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Problematic

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"Sometimes I just want to handcuff him to the table," was the description of his Science teacher.  "I just hate him," ba...
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Saturday, September 22, 2007

My life is all I have

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Ok so check it out. Detention is bullshit. For how progressive and liberal my school is (or claim to be), they (that’s messed up how I ref...
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Sunday, September 16, 2007

Advocacy

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I was trying. I was trying hard. One thing that stood out to me the most during my pre-service classes at my university was the necessity ...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Beginning of my NYC teaching career

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My first week and a half of teaching in New York City has been possibly the most amazing ten days of my life. The energy of my students, th...
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Monday, August 13, 2007

Follow up to "On meeting Fellows who just finished their first year"

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I appreciate all of the responses to the post, "On meeting Fellows who just finished their first year.” I would say that I probably c...
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Saturday, August 11, 2007

On meeting Fellows who just finished their first year

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I was disappointed. 8 or 9 Fellows who just finished their 1st year teaching came as guests to the last class of one of my university course...
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Friday, August 10, 2007

"I DON’T GIVE A FUCK IF I CAN’T READ"

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This excerpt if from a paper I wrote this summer for one of my graduate classes. "James" is a 14-year old boy in my 6 th grade s...
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Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Allow me to re-introduce myself...

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I am a 25 year old African American male, and I have made the decision to continue my journey in life as a New York City Teaching Fellow. ...
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