So I have this student, let’s call him Shaun, he is cocky, combative, and disruptive and never does his work and he exhibits all these characteristics because he is homeless . . .
The situation is not always grim. Not so much a silver lining, but more of a concealed...
So I have this student, he is a boy who likes to stand on his chair and scream . . .
We love the underdog. The one whose rise to the top seems impossible. Oddballs who are not supposed to be among the in-crowd. Men and women who, contrary to the rules of...
So I have this student, let’s call her Shirley, she is quiet and never raises her hand. . .
Its not like I went to some progressive high school back in the day – I was educated by strict Catholic Jesuits – but there are some things the students do that just...
I purposely divert from the highways, taking the long way to school so that I may see, feel, and smell the community my students inhabit. There is a point in my daily drive where one world ends and another begins. Driving over a bridge with a Martin Luther...
