January 2012
27 posts
“Never expect to outgrow lonliness. Never hope to find people who will understand...”
– White Oleander by Janet Fitch (via thechocolatebrigade
)
Sitting on the couch with my daughter
and watching her giggle uncontrollably at Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson doing pectoral jiggles in the trailer for his new movie. She seriously didn’t stop for a least 45 seconds. …… the peck jiggle was funny but I don’t think that was why she was giggling.
“Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control — in prison or...”
– Michelle Alexander, on the number of blacks in the criminal justice system. On Monday’s Fresh Air, Alexander details how President Reagan’s war on drugs led to a mass incarceration of black males and the difficulties these felons face after serving their prison sentences. (via nprfreshair)
Religiously Full Martinis
Fookin Christopher Plummer!! I haven’t laughed so hard in weeks
Racism in 2011: A Year End Review →
darkjez:
As the year 2011 ends, there are several good year-end reviews about racial justice, this video from Colorlines and this post from a David J. Leonard writing at New Black Man, are both excellent. We here at Racism Review offer this as our own brief, and necessarily incomplete, recap of some of the notable events in the struggle for racial justice. Be sure to scroll all the way to the...
Sad Moment for Me Today
I had an African-American student who had no idea what MLK day was. Other kids in class just looked at him in disbelief.
I was sad. For him. For American society. It is this loss of where we have come from that provokes my sadness. There are so many people that have no idea what racism or fascism are because they have been continuously lied to throughout their lives. Sad for my children that...
December 2011
18 posts
Minor Holiday Peeve @ 2 AM
Left-handed tape dispenser. We lefties need them. And sleep…. we need sleep.
When I was at school...
myedol:
My friend stood up and shouted “the next person to speak is gay”
The teacher stayed silent until the very end.
How sad. I would have said “What if I am? Would it mean that I teach you any differently? Or assign you a longer detention than you just got for disrupting my class?” <sigh> Homophobia makes me tired……
“Striking a serious blow to the contention that it’s bad teaching — not bad luck...”
– Judith Warner: Why Are The Rich So Interested in Public School Reform? —TIME.com
It’s really hard to not copy all of this article into a massive quote-block.
(via girlwithalessonplan)
This is why education in the U.S. must be changed →
How abuse changes a child's brain →
The brains of children raised in violent families resemble the brains of soldiers exposed to combat, psychologists say.
They’re primed to perceive threat and anticipate pain, adaptations that may be helpful in abusive environments but produce long-term problems with stress and anxiety.
“For them to detect early cues that might signal danger is adaptive. It allows them to react, to try and avoid...
“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child...”
– Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (via lostinthesounds)
Very appropriate for my Mom’s memorial service today.
An art teacher articulately writes what most... →
teachingtoday:
positivelypersistentteach:
world-shaker:
kbkonnected:
Amen
everyfiredies:
This almost brought tears to my eyes. It’s so painful to listen to the public hate on teachers when I work my ass off every day at a job that most people I meet raise their eyebrows at and say, “I could never handle that job.”
PREACH.
Spot on. She definitely put into words the steam that...
November 2011
34 posts
