Gifted My Ass.

Here we go again, labeling our children.

Wouldn’t it be nice if all sorts of different human qualities could be valued?

Some kids don’t show their real excellence during the school day.

What are we teaching children by making these distinctions?

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No Man’s Land

Maybe the real reason for the absence of male teachers in preK-5 school settings is not the low pay. Maybe it’s that those men in fact simply know they wouldn’t be happy in a career on the front lines of a system that seeks to crush children’s souls.

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High School Guidance: A Cautionary Tale

It seemed that my high school guidance office really didn’t know shit about me.

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What the Danish Guy Taught Me

The European man who came, saw, and challenged my world view: Why do people have their kids, only to warehouse them all week with strangers? And why are the children’s days so scheduled to death?

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Mr. Laszlo and Company

I fell in love with foreign language to the sound of hammers and saw blades.

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A History of High-Grade Fever

4, 3, A+, B…see ya!

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