by Kelly Keene When I was a first-year teacher, the excitement of starting my first school year with my own classroom came with a side of stress and anxiety. The amount of work it takes to set up a new classroom from scratch, in a very limited timeframe, pressures most new educators to get their … Continue reading Another August
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A Teacher’s Summer Break
By Kelly Keene "You get summers off," people tell me whenever I mention the challenges of teaching. They're right, we only get paid ten months out of the year. But what they don't realize is that even though teachers don't get paid for those two months, we somehow are still expected to work through them. … Continue reading A Teacher’s Summer Break
Mask Up!; An Analysis of Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask”
Written by Kelly Keene Public scorn and ridicule can be brutal. Subtle microaggressions might also feel like daggers if you don’t fit in, or are a part of a marginalized group. When we marginalize people, sometimes they adapt by pretending to fit in. Sometimes, that is easier than standing up to the violence of prejudice. … Continue reading Mask Up!; An Analysis of Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask”
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