My fellow teachers, it’s almost over…now we count the days until the cycle continues.

Facts don't care about you feelings is sort of a moot point to make in a world built on feelings not caring about facts.

The protagonists of fiction exist to destroy the antagonists within us.

A colleague was telling us how a student said the reading in class was boring. It was Elie Wiesel’s “Perils of Indifference.” Irony comes in many ways…

They wanted to kill them with their kindness, but were instead killed by their kindness.

My mentor teacher, ten years ago: the learning curve is something like 10 years; then, you’ll be golden.

Me, back then: nah, I’ll get it by year 3.

Now, 10 years later: when do I get to be golden?

The only faith I want to subscribe to is good faith.

Dementia is such a scary thing. First it was mild - they couldn't remember the Gilded Age and the corruption of the industries. Then it became moderate - they couldn't remember the fight against dictators and fascism. And now it's severe - they can't even remember the last few years and sit idly...

Sometimes it’s hard to be professional about such a personal job.

Teaching is a paradoxical existence where others think your job is easy, but no one can imagine themselves doing it as a career despite how easy it.

There’s this danger I have between apathy and pride. Too disheartened to be the fullest I could and too ashamed to fully opt out. So it’s a cruising of mediocrity until the stupor ends.

I think a lot about Slavoj Zizek's idea in his book "Surplus Enjoyment" and this section about how we are in a post-catharsis world. Because we are stimulated by the next tragedy in a constant cycle of tragedies, we are never given the chance to learn and change because we now expect another...

Winter break is just unpaid work from home with holiday expenses for teachers…

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God I feel like a millennial boomer with social media (am I even doing this right). Where my teachers at? Tell me how your first semester is going/ending!

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