It’s terrifying, the amount of thought I’ve personally given to safety in class. Before class. After class. Exit plans. Routes. How to keep students safe. How to stay safe, myself. All I did was get a PhD & have a passion to educate. Now it’s even harder to do this job, & I grew up in BK projects.

#NewYorkorNowhere

Wide-eyed Midwest interaction I’ve had in a while. And I wasn’t offended or anything, I guess I’m just used to big city people everywhere & this guy just wanted to ask us questions about the truth of whatever he’d been socialized to think the big cities were. Interesting. Anyway, it’s forever #NYON

in the non-instructional aspects of my role, I look forward to the short break before Spring 2026 begins. Rest and restoration are important.

It’s the end of the semester and we’re all managing a lot. But please give a colleague the benefit of the doubt. We all doing the best we can. Tuh.

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