:with love and squalor

i am a pre-k teacher at a failing school in inner city baltimore. once before this i was a contemporary critical theory/phenomenology/critical race theory student at a cozy little school that taught me enough to make myself into an existential nihilist, but didn't teach me how it's possible to stay alive in the world that way. sometimes i post about that stuff.

other times i post about the mountain goats, the failure of public education in america, baltimore (we have a love/hate relationship), atheism, good politix, and the basic disappointments of the human condition.

i've started to amass a bunch of education followers which is GREAT! and welcome! but just know that this is my personal blog and some of the things i post on here are unrelated to education and may be explicit or not kid friendly in some way (personal stuff, poetry, LGBTQ stuff, critiques of capitalism and the state, etc.).

# July 2, 2012 / 11:53AM 1 note

jekoh asked If your students could carry only one lesson or idea with them, from your class, through the rest of their academic career...what would you want it to be?

I really think the most important thing I gave to my students was my love. I think they came to expect a respect and kindness and love from me as their teacher that I hope they will always continue to respect as they continue throughout their schooling.

Well, that an the letter sounds song I made up for them. That song was great.

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