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I was grading my AP students “Talk to a Teacher” inspired by James Baldwin’s speech “A Talk to Teachers” - one of my favorite things to teach. I’ve no doubt Mr. Baldwin’s work is what the people preaching and screaming against ‘CRT’ and ‘wokeness’ are really worried about. (a thread) 1/7
06:06 PM - Feb 22, 2023
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No one likes school, I don’t think anyone truly would choose school if there was an alternative option. Students' passion for learning is stripped away from them and turns them into apathetic uncaring people. Teachers and educators are mistreated and undervalued, the system isn’t working. KJ 7/7
06:13 PM - Feb 22, 2023
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Teachers supposedly encourage inquisition, but when asked a question, they turn on you and hit you with an asinine remark. They become appalled at the thought of a student not understanding what they taught. They tell them they should already know how to do this in a condescending tone CS 6/7
06:12 PM - Feb 22, 2023
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The Things I Wish I Said

From my sleepless nights
To my mental fights
You did this out of spite
You created my mental cage
From all that I couldn’t obtain
Every day was work that was so much more pain
You put me through storms and waves that I couldn’t sustain
A course you made inhumane BK 5/7
06:10 PM - Feb 22, 2023 (Edited)
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My life is not at all what I longed for. It is with deep sadness that high school is not all that it seems. Along with the Friday homecoming football game is a Friday pop quiz, the assembly of making new friends followed by an assembling feeling of anxiety. DG 4/7
06:09 PM - Feb 22, 2023
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Following are a few excerpts from what my students wanted teachers to know. There were many positive letters but the majority were dark & grounded in pessimism:

I am currently sixteen years old, a junior in high school, and a teenage girl. 3/7
06:08 PM - Feb 22, 2023
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Baldwin’s work is powerful and challenging - certainly made me uncomfortable (in a good way) and contributed to my clearer understanding of systemic racism. I owe him a great deal. My beautiful students also continually teach me new ideas about equality and cultural difference. I owe them also 2/7
06:07 PM - Feb 22, 2023
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