Well, teaching during a pandemic has proven to be very interesting as any teacher or parent can attest to right now. (my new teaching setup) Let me start with a few points of gratitude. I am extremely fortunate to still have income and thankful for all online platforms. I am also very grateful, from the bottom of my heart, to all the teachers who are turning themselves inside out to throw together some sense of normalcy for the kids and parents who need it, even as they're homeschooling their own kids. Also. I didn't become a teacher to sit at a desk job. I'm trying to hold my gratitude along with the sorrow and it is hard. As most educators tend to think, I have the best students ever. I left the classroom almost 13 years ago and do private tutoring now, so I have kids of all ages. The teenagers I'm working with now think this tech is no big deal. They're bored and grouchy and EVERY one of them thinks that their parent is the meanest parent in th...
Author of Literally Unbelievable: Stories of an East Oakland Classroom