tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219052432024-03-13T20:44:27.175-07:00Bronwyn Harris, AuthorAuthor of Literally Unbelievable: Stories of an East Oakland ClassroomBronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.comBlogger643125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-29079166550439618932023-07-13T20:42:00.006-07:002023-07-13T20:47:31.280-07:00A New Prison, Part Two<p> </p><div dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":rn0:"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Second very long part of the prison visit report.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">After we got all the paperwork filled out and went through the metal detector, we got visitation slips with the name of the inmate, and made our way over to the other building for visitation. This is not maximum security so thankfully you can just sit next to the inmates, and not be separated by glass or have to use a telephone to talk. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">First, you get a gate unlocked and go into a holding pen that is of course in direct <span><a tabindex="-1"></a></span>sunlight (or rain if it's that season) and surrounded by fences topped with razor wire. You wait there until the gate at the other end is unlocked. This holding pen was a little bigger and less claustrophobic than the other prison (I do not have any claustrophobia and I came very close to a panic attack once at the other place) and they opened the other gate more quickly. Then you walk, again in blazing sunlight (or rain) to the visitation building. This one was less of a walk than the other prison but I still got a little sunburned because I am just that melanin-deprived.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">We got in to the lobby and went through the basic ID check and jewelry/accessory check with the guard ("hair tie, one ring, no earrings"). He kept our IDs and sent us to the guard inside the visitation room who did the same check and assigned us a table.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Then we waited. On the other side, our friend was also waiting and had been for quite some time now. Our appointment was at 11:30 but because of the paperwork and all the checkpoints, we finally made it into the visitation room at 12:15 or so. Jorge said he had been ready since before 11:30. They finally brought him in around 12:50 I think. I don't know why they made him wait so long but it's so frustrating, especially when thinking about people who drove even further than us. When you've driven 6+ hours to see a loved one (some people we talked to had), the last thing you want to do is squander part of your visitation time for no reason.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">But of course, it's worth it when the person walks in and you get to hug. Especially when it's the first hug you've been able to give them in almost four years. Jorge apologized for being sweaty because they had made him wait inside but none of us noticed or cared because we got to see him again.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">We were next to a young woman with a toddler who kept yelling, "Daddy! Daddy!" as she was waiting. When he finally came out, she yelled even louder and happier, "Daddy!!!" She doesn't know any different - to her, Daddy is a man in a uniform who you visit in a place that has a lot of waiting around before you get to see him. I wonder at what age she will notice that this isn't true for everyone's daddies. I hope he's home with her by the time this happens.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Jorge looked great. He's turning 28 tomorrow, which is hard for me to believe because it means I've known him for almost 20 years. He's been working out, even in the heat (the inmates have no air conditioning) and he's passed all of his GED test sections except for math, which he's taking in a few weeks. He said that algebra and geometry are tough but satisfying, when you work out a problem. He's going to take college classes when he gets his GED. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">We talked about relationships being difficult and what it's going to be like to have the transition to "out on the streets" which is what he calls getting out of prison. He wants to join a trade union but is worried of course about... everything. He really wants to help his grandma financially. He seemed in really good shape physically, mentally, and emotionally.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span><span class="xt0psk2"><span>Mitali </span></span></span>and I left the visit early as usual in order to give him family time with his grandma. We walked in the blazing sun again (It had reached the high of 111 degrees by then) back to the office where we check in and out and going from the (strong!) air conditioning to the direct sunlight and back into AC made me feel super dizzy for a minute. Then we went into town to eat something while we waited for Abuela.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Every time you leave or come back into the parking lot, you have to show your ID. It was handed back to me in the office, and as we were leaving, I couldn't find it. I got flustered and apologized and said I knew I had it somewhere. My past experience with this guards has taught me that they'd get angry and frustrated with me and, even if you're not doing anything wrong, having an armed guard who sees you as the enemy or at least as a friend of their enemy is terrifying.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirlYSpVF6Ptd1k5uDUNeQTxLtiLVmEY0Ee8bhgEZKYbouDKSUguLkzKGtCFCUv5OSgdhsclgalK80VfE5A_98usoGMzVoJiP4wpHjaGS4qIjxWoy0xE_1qwuSJprXOpt4fY-WfkR5GoKnaXUA59kEmchkm5grwhvH21PgYnYbGwjgWf1jXTN03/s1126/CVSP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="1126" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirlYSpVF6Ptd1k5uDUNeQTxLtiLVmEY0Ee8bhgEZKYbouDKSUguLkzKGtCFCUv5OSgdhsclgalK80VfE5A_98usoGMzVoJiP4wpHjaGS4qIjxWoy0xE_1qwuSJprXOpt4fY-WfkR5GoKnaXUA59kEmchkm5grwhvH21PgYnYbGwjgWf1jXTN03/w400-h153/CVSP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBqOmUQ7AB7iBJTjAGa39yGwDTZt3ahCBrDoA_po2VLmA2oNu7wvYb5ZzHm-iewLJmJS0WFhk8MLa6xAfOZN4Mn8U3uVKcAd2dnPNAomOQk-mKleFWDujgLeTArIBimMtx5k0WjukG1ItEfs7CVRg9SjgvWDrwsGNPRcnw9eaPLgBAZt3sP4Vw/s320/ca_valley_state_prison_1-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBqOmUQ7AB7iBJTjAGa39yGwDTZt3ahCBrDoA_po2VLmA2oNu7wvYb5ZzHm-iewLJmJS0WFhk8MLa6xAfOZN4Mn8U3uVKcAd2dnPNAomOQk-mKleFWDujgLeTArIBimMtx5k0WjukG1ItEfs7CVRg9SjgvWDrwsGNPRcnw9eaPLgBAZt3sP4Vw/w400-h300/ca_valley_state_prison_1-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">This guy, though, told me not to worry at all. He said he was on duty till 10 pm and I wasn't putting him out at all. He looked like a cross between Santa Claus and a park ranger and I think his nametag said Hadley. As I was searching for my ID (finally found it), he was talking to Mitali and said something like, "As I tell the inmates, it could be any of us. We've all been young and made mistakes." Mitali said, "There but for the grace of God."</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">He didn't see them as enemies. And he saw them as humans. He waved to us as we left.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">When we came back to pick up Abuela, Officer Hadley was still at the gate. He said, "Did you miss me already?" We told him we were picking someone up, showed our IDs, and came back into the parking lot.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Abuela came out, and she was flustered because when she left, a guard has asked her where her bracelet was. He said that she came in with a bracelet and needed to leave with the bracelet. We don't know how she became listed as wearing a bracelet because she hadn't been, and she finally convinced them of that, but it definitely threw her.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">She was trying to tell me this though and she kept saying "esclava." Now, "esclava" can mean two things: a particular style of bracelet, or a slave. I sort of knew the former in the back of my head but I've only ever used "pulsera" so the poor woman had to explain this to me three times because I kept thinking she was saying she had a slave and just couldn't understand. Then Mitali asked me what Abuela had said and I just completely lost both languages for a minute. I was so tired and overwhelmed that I couldn't process anything in any language, not if my life had depended on it.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">We saw Officer Hadley one more time and waved good-bye. I don't know why the atmosphere was so different at this place. I don't know why the guards were nicer and more respectful. It shouldn't be noteworthy, but it was.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Fortunately for me, Mitali drove back and didn't mind that I fell asleep because I had nothing left, nothing. I don't know how the other two women felt but I was absolutely spent. It was by far the best visit we had experienced but also the hardest to make myself go to and the most exhausting. I came home and watched TV from the couch until bedtime. I got up late and watched TV from the couch for another couple of hours.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I really feel for people who do this with children. Or visit their spouse/child/parent. Or drive further or have to work the next day or can't lie on the couch afterwards. It. Is. HARD.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Somehow, the lack of meanness, while obviously better and encouraging, was also hard. I was prepared for one thing and the other made me feel more vulnerable and less prepared. I can't imagine what it's like for the prisoners and for the family members who have less privilege than I do.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Thanks for reading, and please, PLEASE, consider buying a copy of our book. The money all goes to Abuela and Jorge just wants people to know his story. Here's the link but you can also just get a copy from me. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">When he's out, you all have to meet him. He's a special person who has dealt with more in his 28 years than anyone should have to in many lifetimes.</div></div></span></div></div></div></div>Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-1707192940716387922023-07-10T18:54:00.004-07:002023-07-10T18:56:45.727-07:00A New Prison, Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjZpinLwF4LouZLxlrnZp937ovAwhgk8koAT2IOA5o3teap1hxd2qTf8KZd5S_HPEJ_ggvucSa6Z3QNRVgigLC47pFef1s8ETxOqDAbMJ8i2S5WpxMpIRrQ-MOd8hDY95pJzBK2u7mfmClWwQdqLc9MpNnNkgjxESPDrFy7L2Q62yQku2fN2N/s300/CDCR%20Logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjZpinLwF4LouZLxlrnZp937ovAwhgk8koAT2IOA5o3teap1hxd2qTf8KZd5S_HPEJ_ggvucSa6Z3QNRVgigLC47pFef1s8ETxOqDAbMJ8i2S5WpxMpIRrQ-MOd8hDY95pJzBK2u7mfmClWwQdqLc9MpNnNkgjxESPDrFy7L2Q62yQku2fN2N/s1600/CDCR%20Logo.png" width="300" /></a></div><br />My former student, friend, and co-author was moved to a new prison during COVID. We (myself, Mitali, and his Abuela) have visited a couple of times via the video visit functionality they set up, but we've also been trying to visit in person, ever since in-person visits were allowed again. After four of them being canceled (sometimes we were told why, sometimes not), we finally got a visit. <br /><br /><div dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":r4u7:"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I was super nervous about this visit. (I felt better when Mitali mentioned that she was also, because she is an inherently positive and optimistic person!) I am not proud of this, but there was a large part of me that was <span><a tabindex="-1"></a></span>hoping that the visit would be canceled, just like the previous four were. I felt a little better when someone I know messaged me privately to tell me that they had had very good experiences visiting a family member in that prison. But I still didn't sleep well at all that night, worrying about the guards, the many things that could go wrong, and the projected 111-degree heat.<br /><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">We had a routine down, before COVID, when he was at the other prison. I would pick up Abuela at her house and drive to Orinda. We'd leave my car there and Mitali would drive us the 3 1/2 hours to Corcoran. We were trying to do a similar process to this new prison but hit a snag when Mitali's car was in the shop and she wasn't sure about the coolant situation in her loaner car. My car is fine, but I hate driving (and have back issues) and more importantly, Abuela needs a knee replacement and is much more comfortable in an SUV-type car, which mine is not. As Abuela and I were driving to Orinda to meet up, Mitali called me... she had stopped by a gas station to get the coolant checked and the person helping her had the exact same car and told her she was in good shape to drive the whole way there!</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />Let me stop here for a minute and tell you all how much I appreciate <br />Mitali. She was trying to tell me that I do 75-90% of the work on these visits and that is absolutely not true at all! I sign us up (which is, admittedly, a giant bureaucratic pain in the butt and probably stops many possible visitors) and I pick Abuela <span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">up at her house</span>. I figure out the timing and when we need to leave. But Mitali? Mitali DRIVES US. If you know me, you know how much driving exhausts me, physically and emotionally. This is huge. <br /><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">And if you don't know Mitali, well, you are missing out. She lightens situations with humor and kindness, but she does this somehow without making light of anything that is serious. I don't know how to explain this but she holds and honors the gravity of situations, sorrow, and injustice, while also bringing joy and levity that is needed to get through the situation. She was, literally, an answer to prayer from my very first prison visit when we didn't know each other well and she didn't know Jorge at all. She is a huge reason why Abuela and I are now friends - she broke the ice and broke through all the racial and class divides so that the three of us see each other as women trying to make it through difficult lives -- as friends.<br /><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Back to yesterday. We all got in Mitali's car and, because I was worried about the extreme heat, I was PREPARED. I brought a cooler with ice packs and cold water. Abuela brought snacks. The AC in the loaner car worked well, as did the coolant, so we got there with no issues. <br /><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">When we got to the gate, we were looking for our IDs (you show them over and over and over), and it took a minute to get them out. This is when we could tell that we were in a different facility than the previous prison. The guard joked a little with us and was patient. I let out the breath that I hadn't realized I was holding. Then... then... WE PARKED IN THE SHADE. The previous prison didn't have shade, and it was every bit as hot as this one.<br /><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">We left everything in the car except for our clear ziplock bags of dollar bills, our IDs, and Mitali's car keys. Thankfully, the facility is much smaller and Abuela didn't have to walk as far, because she can't wear her knee brace since there's metal in it. There's probably some way around it but we would have no idea how to start getting that exemption.<br /><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">We came in and felt the blessed air conditioning but were then directed to wait outside. Luckily it was in the shade and it was "only" about 90+ degrees at that point. The mood was different - people waiting were chatting a little and one of them explained to us how everything worked at this facility. There was also an igloo of ice water, which I've never seen at the other facility.<br /><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">An officer came out to usher in the 11:30 appointments. He greeted us. That sounds like a small thing but we were never greeted at the other facility. It always felt like being accosted, with none of the social niceties that make being human a little easier. <br /><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">We presented our IDs and admitted that we couldn't remember our friend's inmate number. Instead of mocking us or getting angry, as has happened at the other facility, he looked it up for us. Then he told us that we had to fill out our visitor paperwork again because it's been more than two years. But he quickly assured us that it would be quick and that we could still visit today - before we even had time to worry.<br /><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Mitali and I filled out the paperwork for ourselves and for Abuela, because she cannot read or write. She signed it with her initials, which is all she can do. I took the papers back up to the guard and he said, "No, no, she needs to sign it." I explained that she can't read or write and, AMAZINGLY, he looked over at her with compassion and said to me, "I understand, no problem."<br /><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">He didn't dehumanize her. He DIDN'T DEHUMANIZE HER. I am tearing up thinking about this. Then he told us we could stay until 3 pm, which was the best possible scenario. We turned out our pockets, shook out our pant legs, and went through the metal detector. There was not a single lewd comment about our shirts (this has happened several times at the other place). When they realized that Mitali had left the carabiner on her keys, they nicely, *nicely* told her that she had to take it off, and she could either take it out to the car or leave it on the ledge outside and hope it was still there. NICELY. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I can't believe I am now crying about basic human kindness, but this was beyond my wildest hopes for prison visitation.<br /><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I'll add the rest soon in a new post.<br /><br /></div></div></span></div></div></div></div>Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-60239686554725545732021-12-09T19:22:00.006-08:002023-07-10T18:58:55.942-07:00A Loss<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9PaB3th9sRV_7VSZDevnpyMc5Cxlvo3TORdtGKKx_BiwkwevIXtP4EWjPa5SJOUxolkMOIYKwKkTKZkyi3ARX95qmLsfk5K76Vm8HmkPnO8-ZdWqMma2cJEKBkDY6Fn_H8lJ32rtktVJ0z3XctzRwzX8imDS0oTE9xIttdpYLGfKroXnG9Ar8/s320/mail.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="301" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9PaB3th9sRV_7VSZDevnpyMc5Cxlvo3TORdtGKKx_BiwkwevIXtP4EWjPa5SJOUxolkMOIYKwKkTKZkyi3ARX95qmLsfk5K76Vm8HmkPnO8-ZdWqMma2cJEKBkDY6Fn_H8lJ32rtktVJ0z3XctzRwzX8imDS0oTE9xIttdpYLGfKroXnG9Ar8/s1600/mail.jpeg" width="301" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />(I have been putting off finishing this blog post for months. You'll see why)</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Today,
I was cleaning a bookshelf and I found the journal from one of my third-grade
students, who I call Fred in <a href="http://bronwynharris.com/literally-unbelievable/buy-the-book/" target="_blank">my book</a>, in 2001. I still had it because he didn't come to the last day of
school to get his stuff this year and I guess it got put in a pile and somehow I've kept it with me. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">He didn't come to the last day of school, probably because his family was a mess: dad in prison, mom in an abusive relationship, all the kids (understandably) acting out violently.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fred was expelled from our school in second grade for hitting a teacher. Then he was expelled from the other school, I don't know why, at the end of second grade. He came back on the condition from the administration that he be in my class because I had him as a student in first grade and he listened to me and worked well with me. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">We had a really good relationship, although Fred was definitely not easy to have in class. He came back to visit me in later years as well. In fifth grade he ran to my classroom almost totally out of control, yelling, "Ms. Harris, you're the only one who can calm me down!" It was obviously incredibly disruptive but I was so proud of him that he knew what to do and honored that I was a safe person for him.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">There's more: I saw him on the street once and he said he'd call me. He joined a gang. I saw him in a documentary and got a message to the librarian at juvenile hall who called me back and said it meant a lot to Fred to hear from me. I kept holding out hope.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The end of his story (and those words are hard for me to type) is that around 2015, Fred was killed in a gang fight. I heard he was trying to leave the gang, but I don't know that for sure.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">I had read an article that day that just said "East Oakland man killed in gang violence" and, as I always do when I calculate the age of any homicide victim in Oakland, I worried that it was one of "my kids," but no name was given. Later that day, another former student I was still in touch with stopped by my workplace. She told me that the homicide victim was Fred. I remember her kindness, "Ms. Harris, I really didn't want you to find out from the news."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">Fred has his own chapter in my first book, <a href="http://www.bronwynharris.com/buy-the-book/"><i>Literally Unbelievable</i></a>, and I will absolutely never forget him and never, ever, stop grieving him. I still remember his birthday every year, even when I try not to.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;"> I opened up this journal today and found this page. Fred worried a lot about his family, and you can see him talking about how he still loves his cousin. Later on, he mentions that his cousin was in jail for shooting someone, but repeated that "I still love my cousin." Fred wanted to be a teacher, "but it will be a lot of talking." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505;">Throughout the journal, he tells me about his baseball games and how much he wants to win, how much he loves his family, and what movies he wants to see. At the end of the journal, he offered, "I was thinking about my behavior on the weekend because if I did not I would not be a conflict manager. I am going to do a good job." Pretty introspective for a third grader. Also, being a conflict manager meant missing recess, and this kid (who loved recess) wanted to do it so he could help people.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Fred was eight when he wrote this, and he had already been expelled twice and written off by almost everyone he knew. At eight years old. I don't think one single person, myself included, was surprised that he didn't make it to see twenty-five.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">And it is a tragedy. We throw kids away. We sacrifice them by our inaction and inequity. Our American society is built on this.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is why I wrote my books. This is why I want people to buy my books. They're not all sad stories, but some of them are and we need to hear them even so. Because these kids deserve better. This kid deserved better.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">And I miss him.<br /></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-88860423803672393592021-08-26T23:05:00.002-07:002021-08-30T20:47:02.935-07:00The Difference a Book Can Make<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-khQKNxQT4mY/YRCcKDD2L6I/AAAAAAAADmY/bcLc4KcAdCofmlRqnDiNcbXwx2y35uWYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/thumbnail.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="153" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-khQKNxQT4mY/YRCcKDD2L6I/AAAAAAAADmY/bcLc4KcAdCofmlRqnDiNcbXwx2y35uWYQCLcBGAsYHQ/w204-h153/thumbnail.jpg" width="204" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>Seven years ago, I was working at Harbor House, a subsidized after-school program, in Oakland, and we had the chance to have a children's author, Mac Barnett, come visit the kids. I emailed his assistant and asked her if he could visit both groups of kids: the K-2nd grade and the 3rd-5th graders. She wrote back and said he was only prepared to visit the younger kids (I think that was his policy at the time). </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>Well, a kid who I'll call "Adam" in 5th grade, had found out that Mac Barnett was coming and in preparation, had read a chapter book Mac had written (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003YCQ1ZE/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1" target="_blank">The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity</a>; check it out but preferably from your local bookstore). This was big news because it was the first chapter book Adam had read. In his entire life. So I told him to write a letter to Mac and I would scan it and email it, asking for an exception because he was such a big fan. I told him to ask if he could sit in the back very quietly as a helper, and told him to put a few details in so Mac would know he’d really read the book. <br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span>Well, Adam not only wrote a letter; he wrote an amazing book report that he enclosed. He knew that book backwards and forwards and put his opinions about every single character and why he liked or disliked them. </span></span></span><span><span>Apparently Mac couldn't say no, and decided to talk to both groups of kids. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>The presentation was a resounding success and Mac has become a friend of Harbor House. But more importantly, he’s become a friend of Adam’s. He and Adam wrote to each other a few times and he asked me if I thought it would be OK if he took Amir out to lunch for his birthday that summer, and invited me along. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>We have been doing this yearly lunch for seven years now (apart from last year, pre-vaccine pandemic). We have done this through moves for all three of us, through rocky situations for at least two of us, for changes in schools and guardianship for Adam... every August, we have celebrated Adam’s birthday at a restaurant of his choice. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>We did it last week, at an outdoor restaurant. Adam brought along a friend who has also become a fan of Mac, not least because this friend reads only graphic novels and Mac, an author, told him that was totally fine and to read anything he loved. That validation made the friend decide he’d read Mac’s chapter books too. I’m telling you, when kids know you respect them, it goes a long way.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>During the lunch, Adam apologized to me for being "bad" when he was ten. Before I had a chance to say anything, his friend said, "Yeah, I was a bad kid at that age too." I said that there are no bad kids and Adam rolled his eyes, punched his friend on the arm, and said, "See, I told you she'd say that." To me he said, "You’ve been telling me that as long as I’ve known you.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>I said, "Well, am I wrong?"</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>He said, "I think I was just misguided."</span></span></span></span></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>The same kid accidentally set his bed on fire last year ("I knew it was a bad idea to look for my phone using a lighter but I realized it too late") so it’s not like his a paragon of wisdom, but he’s come a LONG way.</span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>Adam working with kids now and said he sees a lot of himself in the kids and sees how much they need encouragement just like he did/does. I love hearing teenagers talk about working with kids because they’re always about 5-7 years apart and they talk about them like they’re a totally different generation.</span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>Adam’s buddy came along. I’ve met him before; he has to do another semester of high school "because I only went to Zoom class once last year" but then said he’s determined to graduate, continuation school or not, because "I want to take my diploma and wave it in the faces of the teachers who said I couldn’t do it!"</span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>I told him I didn’t care where he graduated from, a diploma is a diploma, and that is a perfectly valid reason to want to graduate. He said, "No teacher should ever tell a kid they can't do something. I wish you was my teacher."</span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>They talked about how much they want to go to college and how they don’t want kids early because they want to be "financially secure" so they’ll wait till their 30s.</span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>Then they started wrestling and insulting each other and making bathroom jokes and I remembered that they were still kids. </span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>I talked to Mac briefly after the boys left. I don’t know him well but I suspect that he was having some of the same feelings that I did. Pride that they’re growing up and, maybe more than anything, feeling honored that we get to be any part of this amazing journey that their lives are on.</span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QI_ckwK-Wys/YRCcKXRLnQI/AAAAAAAADmc/DZkKo4zdf90dtPZvaZqmXrohQcKnvvq-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/thumbnail1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="132" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QI_ckwK-Wys/YRCcKXRLnQI/AAAAAAAADmc/DZkKo4zdf90dtPZvaZqmXrohQcKnvvq-QCLcBGAsYHQ/w176-h132/thumbnail1.jpg" width="176" /></a></span></span></span></span></div></div></div>Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-62997167585720358692021-08-05T20:04:00.010-07:002021-08-06T17:36:04.334-07:00Going Back to School During COVID<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8fvxg1XL2K8/YQ24uSjfLPI/AAAAAAAADmM/jDjx6jKfyjotonVvaiiZiAhmN-xT2tF4ACLcBGAsYHQ/s645/Coronavirus-CDC-645x645.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="645" height="178" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8fvxg1XL2K8/YQ24uSjfLPI/AAAAAAAADmM/jDjx6jKfyjotonVvaiiZiAhmN-xT2tF4ACLcBGAsYHQ/w178-h178/Coronavirus-CDC-645x645.jpg" width="178" /></a></div><p></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="color: black;"> <br /></span></span></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> Going back to school in the fall can be a difficult process in the best of years, but as we all know, we are definitely not living in the best of years. In the middle of a pandemic, kids, teachers, and parents are all struggling. We have to take care of ourselves and each other. I deeply miss not being a classroom teacher, but it does mean I'm no longer just living in survival mode, and have a little more bandwidth. So I thought I'd offer some thoughts and suggestions for surviving and maybe, possible, thriving a little during another difficult year. I'd love to hear of anything else you might think of in how to support each other. <br /></span></span></p><p></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Anxiety is normal:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> It might help to remember that this year, anxiety is normal
for everyone! Students, parents, teachers, support staff… everyone is worried.
No one knows what this year will bring and I’d say everyone is on edge. That
might not seem encouraging, but at least you can know you’re not alone. It
might help kids (of all ages) if parents and teachers both tell them things
like, “It is OK to be worried. I’m going to do my best to keep you safe, but
being worried is pretty normal and a sign that you know what’s going on.”
Adults are pretty sick of hearing “we’re all in this together” but the kids
might need to hear it still. Many of them don’t really have the words to
express this anxiety and knowing they aren’t alone can really help. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Dealing with transition:
</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The beginning of a school year
always brings transition, but this year will be much more than normal. Many
kids ended the last school year with only a few hours in school, two days a
week. The jump to full days, five days a week is going to be a major change,
even if they are feeling safe. Some kids may also be going to aftercare for the
first time in almost two years (or ever!) as their parents are expected to be
back in their offices. This can be exciting, nerve-wracking, and exhausting. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Giving grace: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It’s natural for parents to worry about “summer slide” and
“learning loss” at the end of any summer. This year, there’s more talk about
these things, and for good reason. However, we know that kids can’t learn when
they’re traumatized (and neither can adults!) Make no mistake, the pandemic has
been traumatic. Even if your child hasn’t lost anyone or seen anyone seriously
ill, they have experienced the collective trauma that we all have. This is the
time to give them grace. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Modeling how to deal with hard
emotions is another way of helping give grace to your kids as well as any other
humans around. If you’re snappy because you’re exhausted, it’s OK to say to
your child, I’m so sorry I said that in a grouchy way. I’m really tired, and
you know how when you’re tired, it can be hard to be nice? Please forgive me
and I’ll try to do better.” (normalize apologizing to kids!) </span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">De-stress academics:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Homework should not be the focus right now, and test scores
are honestly not that important. Yes, I am a teacher saying that! Of course
academics are important. But your child’s mental health, confidence, and
general well-being comes first. Think about when you’ve been able to perform
well at work. Was it when you were starting something totally new while being
terrified that you weren’t doing well enough? Never. This is the time to check
in with your child. Read together if you can. Let homework slide
sometimes. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When assessments happen, as they
will, it’s important that your child learns how to avoid panicking. When I was
in the classroom, I would tell kids that the assessments were to find out how
well I was teaching. I’d explain to them that, for example, if most of the kids
didn’t do well on the assessment, it meant that I needed to find a new way of
teaching the subject so that they understood it better. I explained to them
that there were so many different ways of learning and there was only one of
me, so I was always trying to figure out if I was teaching them in the ways
that they could learn. If a test felt too hard, I told my students that I
wanted them to tell me that. In fact, I told them, sometimes the standardized
tests actually did ask questions that were above their grade level (truth) and
I would never blame them for not understanding something they hadn’t learned
yet! </span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This kind of messaging is even more
important during a pandemic. You can be honest with your kids. This kind of
disruption, on this scale, hasn’t happened since the 1918 pandemic! They are
experiencing things that their parents and their grandparents (and probably
their great-grandparents) never had to. They are brave and resilient and right
now, going to school and doing their best, no matter what score shows up, is
more than enough for any grade level. (is this too Pollyanna-ish? I really
believe it but I am HUGE on confidence etc) </span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Build community</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">: Our communities, in every way, have taken a hit during the
pandemic. I heard one mom talk about how her preschooler said, very
matter-of-factly, “I remember when I used to have friends.” He’s not the only
one who feels that way; plenty of adults and older kids have felt like they’ve
lost touch with their communities. Getting to know your child’s teacher and the
other parents will likely make you feel better about sending your child to
school. Volunteering opportunities are different in every school right now, but
if you’re able, that’s a great way to get to know other families. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Also, teachers are a part of our
community. I’ll be honest; teachers are dreading this school year, as much as
they love their students. Teachers had to learn a whole new way of teaching and
it was as hard as them as for the kids. Many teachers, of course, were dealing
with their own family illnesses and deaths in the last year and a half. No
matter what was done last year, teachers got a lot of criticism. Some parents
were upset that their kids had to wear masks while others were upset the kids
weren’t back in school. We were all at the end of our rope—and beyond—and
parents were terrified for their kids’ physical and mental health. Unfortunately
that often came out as anger at the teachers and many teachers are still
reeling from the vocal minority of parents who blamed them for so many things. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">So, as a teacher, I’m telling you:
we love your kids. We want your kids to be safe, to learn, and to be happy. We
are also in a profession that is exhausting and taxing at the best of times,
and we are definitely not in the best of times. So, build a team with your
children’s teachers. They want to know what is working for your child and what
is hard. They want to know how they can better help your child feel safe and
learn. They may not have control over everything, but approaching them as a
team member and not an adversary will make a world of difference (and honestly,
you may get a new friend out of it; I can’t overstate how many friends I have
who started as students’ parents). <br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br />Create routines: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The last year and a half has been constantly changing, as
we’ve learned more about the COVID-19 virus. Kids of any age need stability and
when everything feels up in the air, they look to their parents. Bedtime
routines can be very comforting, no matter how much children hate going to bed.
Going to bed at the same time every day, with the same routine will make them
feel like there’s something that can be predictable and controlled. If prayer
is part of your family tradition, you can add prayers for safety and a fun day
at school. If it’s not, affirmations are helpful, or saying good-night to
family members and friends who aren’t there but are important to kids. Older
kids like to be more independent of course, but you can still set a routine for
them, including getting ready for bed and how long they can spend reading
before bed. It’s a good idea to check on phones, and maybe leave them to charge
overnight outside the bedroom, no matter how old your child is. Teachers often
see kids who wake up during the night to sneakily use their phones and come to
school exhausted, and all emotions are harder to deal with when you’re
tired. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sQjWNZDPWMM/YQ24jH_4b8I/AAAAAAAADmE/xAYQS_Cq-RIuJ6V21QTh1XIRqa7ZTJCGgCLcBGAsYHQ/s300/index.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sQjWNZDPWMM/YQ24jH_4b8I/AAAAAAAADmE/xAYQS_Cq-RIuJ6V21QTh1XIRqa7ZTJCGgCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/index.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Practical steps in
keeping kids safe:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><b> Masks, masks, masks.</b> Ironically, I forgot to include this in my first draft because I am so used to masks now that I didn't even think about it! However, I know this isn't universal. I happen to live in an area where masks will be required in schools but many places are not requiring them, and this will require some serious talks with your kids.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">The students I have worked with over the summer have, overwhelmingly, pointed out to me how unfair they think it is that adults expected them to be the ones who"were bad at wearing masks." I've seen exactly the opposite, and there's a reason. Kids generally rebel against rules that make no sense to them but when the logic is explained, they often do what is best for most people. Masking is no different.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Depending on your kids' age, you can just tell them that masks are really helpful to keep themselves and other people safer from getting sick, or you can go into the science and <a href="https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/06/417906/still-confused-about-masks-heres-science-behind-how-face-masks-prevent" target="_blank">show them videos</a> about how effective masks can be. If your child is going to a school without a mask mandate, it can be a lot harder, because they may not want to stand out. Getting a core group of friends to agree to wear masks no matter what anyone else does can ease the peer pressure, and some kids will react well to the idea that they're standing out because they're making much better decisions than others. Of course, you may just have to go the old-fashioned route of getting siblings, classmates, or teachers to tell you if your child isn't wearing a mask in school, but it's always more effective to get your child's buy in.<br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> <b>Handwashing: </b>While handwashing has been proven to be <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/14/qa-does-handwashing-stem-the-transmission-of-covid-19" target="_blank">much less important in preventing COVID</a> than masks, it's a good practice to keep up for general hygiene and staying well during non-pandemic years too. All school facilities
are different. While many of them have added handwashing stations and hand
sanitizer, schools are still facing funding concerns and may not have the
adult-to-child ratio needed for younger kids to wash their hands effectively.
It can’t hurt to ask your child’s teacher about the hygiene procedures (but
please remember that teachers are also under considerable stress when you talk
to them!) put into place. But you can also prepare your kids at home. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">
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</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Little kids love for anything to be made into a game. Figure out how long you want them to scrub your hands and find a song to sing quietly to know when they're done. "Baby Shark" is a great one because you can add verses, but make sure they know to do it in their head if they're washing hands in the classroom because no teacher wants that earworm! Send your child to school with back-up supplies in case the line at the sink is too long for them to get to lunch or the school runs out of soap. Hand wipes and hand sanitizer are both very effective if used correctly.<br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><b>We need to help each other: </b>We’re all in this
together in a school community. We’re all in this together as a greater
community. If I can be of any help or support, let me know. If you just need to
hear that you are not failing as a parent, if your student needs to hear that
they’re normal and this *is* hard, or if there’s anything else I can do, I’m here
to listen. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">
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</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Opening schools to in-person learning is an extremely emotionally
charged topic right now for parents and teachers both, and for good reason.
With almost half a million Americans dead of COVID and worries about mental
health crises from isolation very serious, there seem to be no good answers. In
fact, one of my students recently told me that “there are no good options.
There are only less worse options.” <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If the science says it’s safe and the district has a plan, which
where I live has been approved by our very conservative Alameda County Public
Health Department, then why aren’t all teachers excited about going back?
As a former classroom teacher, I want to explain this. Hint: It’s not about the
science.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The first thing you learn as a teacher is that you won’t make
enough money. We joke about needing a rich spouse or family money but it’s not
actually funny, because it’s so often true, especially for beginning teachers.
The reason I am no longer in the classroom is because I can’t afford to live
alone while teaching, and this breaks my heart. In addition, even in schools<br />
that have generous PTAs or foundations, many of us still pay for a certain
amount of supplies out of our own pockets.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The second thing you learn as a teacher is that there is an enormous
gap between well-intended plans and actual practice in the classroom.
We’ve heard about safety precautions before. We are very used to being told
things will be safe. But in practice, it just doesn’t happen. We
work in schools that can’t even keep soap in the
bathrooms. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Here’s an example. One year, my school district had a
thorough training on bloodborne pathogens. We knew that we had students with
transmissible diseases such as HIV and hepatitis (although we didn’t know
names) and the training was great and made us feel like we could deal with this
safely. We were told that the custodians had all the supplies and knew to not
clean up blood without gloves.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The next day, a student of mine had a massive nosebleed. After we
got him settled, I called the custodian. She came and, upon seeing the puddle
of blood, said, “Oh no. They won’t give me gloves so I don’t do blood.” She
gave me a roll of those nonabsorbent brown school paper towels, sprayed a
little of some cleaner on the blood, and I was on my own. I had learned the
safety protocol and believed the science. But the theory and practice were
miles apart.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This mistrust built up means that even if we believe the science, even if we trust Dr. Fauci, and even
if we want to go back (as many teachers do), we still have real concerns about
whether the promised safety measures will actually be delivered. Dr.
Fauci hasn’t been in a classroom in California, and teachers in California have
consistently experienced undercompensation, underperformance, and underdelivery
from the federal, state, and local authorities. <br />
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</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When we try to bring this up, we often get one of two unhelpful
reactions. The first is something along the lines of, “I know! I could never do
it. You’re such a hero. You’re so selfless.” This just puts us on a pedestal
and serves more to make the community feel better about underpaying us because
at least they consider us heroes! The second reaction is a justification about
how we get summers off and only work 9-3. I’m not going to get into that here
except to say that, now that I am self-employed, I work almost all the time,
year-round, and it is not even half as exhausting (and it is much less time)
than teaching in the classroom.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">So how can we move forward on this issue? There is so much
that districts and teachers can do, and this burden of figuring this out is
principally on them. But I know parents want to go back and are trying to
figure out how to help make it happen. For those parents, here are a few
tips. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>How to Help:</b></span><br /></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">First, parents and PTAs can help by supporting teachers
financially, with supplies, and with volunteer work. Teachers may be more
willing to return if they know that they will have enough PPE and hand
sanitizer in their classrooms, not just through district promises but through
parents who are willing to buy these things if the district fails to come
through. Consider reaching out to tell your child’s teacher that if we go
back, you’ll have his or her back on basic supplies.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Second, parents and PTAs can invest in family education to support
these safety measures. Teach your kids how to properly wear a mask.
Practice following the safety measures at school. Model respect for
teachers. You should do this all the time, but it’s especially important
now because teachers will be managing an enormous task of safety compliance in
addition to the already hard job of teaching. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Third, parents can -- and should -- be careful in their language
and model respect for teachers, even if you disagree with choices that the
various labor associations are making. Even if most parents are
wonderful, there are a handful who make the dialogue toxic and make everyone
even more defensive. And it’s not just messages on Facebook or social
media - it’s language at home that gets passed along to your kids. Humans
are such that 95% positive and 5% super critical feels like we’re doing
everything wrong. Some things I’ve heard that are actively counterproductive include: </span></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “We pay your salary, so you should do what I want.”</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “Teachers aren’t even working right now.”</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “Teachers are being lazy and just want to stay home.”</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “The unions are holding kids hostage.”</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “Teachers just don’t understand the science.” </span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “If a teenager can go to work at McDonalds, teachers should go to work at schools.” </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Teachers don’t go into this profession for the money or the glory. We do it because we desperately DESPERATELY want what’s best for your kids. We want to be a team with you - we see your pain and your kids suffering. And we want to have confidence that it is safe to return, not just as a matter of science and data, but as a matter of lived, real-life experience in the classroom. Parents can play a vital role in helping this happen. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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</span></span>Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-62381261159221950972021-01-29T17:56:00.004-08:002021-01-29T18:03:21.702-08:00Inauguration Poem<p> Julia, one of my middle school students, wrote this for Biden's inauguration and said I could share. Amanda Gorman (pictured) was her inspiration.</p><p><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q_bpJHNftSM/YBS5vk3uQ6I/AAAAAAAADfg/dKPFPXf7FFIi1usYO68dVa0lQtHVxc6pQCLcBGAsYHQ/s275/index.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q_bpJHNftSM/YBS5vk3uQ6I/AAAAAAAADfg/dKPFPXf7FFIi1usYO68dVa0lQtHVxc6pQCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/index.jpg" /></a> (Poem shared with permission)</p><p> <br /></p><p>I was watching</p><p>the inauguration on two screens</p><p>the one on my TV screen</p><p>and the one on my school screen</p><p>that's how popular it was.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p>It felt like someone put stuff Trump said/did</p><p>in one book</p><p>then someone ripped those pages out</p>and put the good stuff Biden has done so far<p><br /><br /></p><p>It felt like a new door was opening</p><p>to a great new era</p><p>now there will be a first Black woman vice president<br /></p><p>The outfits and coats that people were wearing</p><p>were so beautiful</p><p>I really liked Dr. Jill Biden's coat</p><p>It had all the 50 states on it.</p><p>Natalie Biden's coat was custom made.</p><p><br /></p><p>On Biden's first day, he didn't waste time</p><p>It was as if he had to bring the whole country out of the cold</p><p>So they could get warmer faster</p><p><br /></p><p>by Julia R.<br /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /> <br /></p>Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-12209080244894301592020-12-09T17:22:00.003-08:002020-12-09T17:22:36.978-08:00COVID in prison<p> I have been a bit MIA because I broke my ankle on Thanksgiving (hiked back out two miles on a broken ankle!) and had surgery. So I forgot to worry that I hadn't heard from Jorge, my former student and co-author in prison, in a while. Turns out that I was right to worry, as he contracted COVID although seems to have made a full recovery.</p><p>I got a letter from him today that he said I could share parts of. I'd like to highlight the very last paragraph. This young man was suffering from COVID, totally cut off from all his loved ones, scared and in prison, and he remembered to ask after my family and worry if we are feeling lonely. He is a remarkable person.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PF2bIblazRg/X9F4TRW7hTI/AAAAAAAADd8/45HJjZ2fiDkBYSdphsVvUjCWD-OjxT0VgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/thumbnail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="810" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PF2bIblazRg/X9F4TRW7hTI/AAAAAAAADd8/45HJjZ2fiDkBYSdphsVvUjCWD-OjxT0VgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/thumbnail.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>-------------</p><p>Sorry for the late reply, there's been so much that's been going on since I got to this prison....</p><p>As you know, before quarantining when I got to this place for two weeks, I did it at SATF for two weeks also. So in total I quarantined for a month and my tests came back negative. After the two weeks here I got sent to the yard [general population] and wasn't even there a full week when they came by testing the building I was in. Somebody in my pod ended up testing positive so due to me being exposed I got moved to the quarantine building back on A-yard.</p><p>So they said, well, the nurses said that you're supposed to get tested three times when you are there and that didn't happen. I only got tested once and that was on the 13th day I was there. So guess what, they waited until the 16th day to come and move me to B4 which is a COVID building. I came here because I tested positive!</p><p>I've been quarantined since the 12th of November and because they want to do all these moves, moving people that have COVID with people that don't have it, I ended up catching it. The first week I was over there on quarantine, I was ikay but then I started feeling really sick like if I had a bad cold with no energy. Then I lost my taste and smell for more than a week. </p><p>I've been over here in the COVID building since Saturday which was the 28th and the day I got tested was on the 24th so on the 8th of December I should be getting sent back to the yard again. I'm not sick no more or anything though. I feel good but all this has had me really stressed out and feeling lost because aprt from all this, they don't let you use the phone or nothing so I haven't talked ot my fiancee or my grandma since early last month. It's messed up, you know. I know my grandma has been worried about me because she hasn't heard from me.</p><p>Then apart from testing positive, they put 8 people in the pod. How are we supposed to social distance, makes no sense!</p><p>This has all been really hard for me. I just want it to be over because we have a lockdown over something we have no control over so why not at least let us call our families and let them know what's going on because they can't even do that. I just want to get to the yard so I can call home.</p><p>Anyway, I hope you and your family have been good and styaing safe from everything that's going on with this COVID thing. I know it can be so easy to feel lonely with this pandemic.</p><p><br /></p>Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-33341932267040184152020-11-14T19:12:00.005-08:002020-11-14T19:12:40.378-08:00From Jorge: Being Quarantined in Prison<p>Hi everyone! My co-author Jorge (<a href="www.bronwynharris.com" target="_blank">please buy our book, Letters From the Inside: Hope in the Journey Beyond Classroom and Cell</a>. All proceeds go to his family!) wanted to update you all about daily life in prison. This is another blog post directly from him. If you want to help his family out financially or write to him, please contact me!</p><p>I can't put photos of him or the prison so photo credit Sam C, a student who took some photos to evoke the feeling of prisons in various ways for this series.<br /></p><p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p>(This is a continuation <a href="https://tigerthegecko.blogspot.com/2020/11/follow-up-from-jorge-moving-down-level.html?fbclid=IwAR0wIyWbSVN-882NW9NkzpjohZXQLrgTb1sdds3Ozw2cRAv7vIX7c5HgZU4" target="_blank">of a post from earlier this week</a>)</p><p>I asked the CO as to why this was happening but all he said was that medical called him and ordered him to do that but he didn't know why. So since he didn't give me the reason why this was happening, I walked to medical, and I asked them why I was getting quarantined. The nurse wrote my name down, then 10 minutes later, another nurse came out, called my name, then he said, "So you're getting quarantined because you're up for transfer. You're going to another prison and because of COVID this is protocol. So you're going to get put on quarantine for two weeks here, then once you get there, you're going to get quarantined for another two weeks.</p><p>When I was told this information, I was shocked because they never told us anything about transfers starting anytime soon so all of this was out of left field! I was upset with everything that was going on because for one I had just gotten my job, I barely got in the GED class, and I just got done adapting to this new yard and how the program was run there. </p><p>So I ended up packing everything and moving to the quarantined section, and I wasn't even there two full days when they popped me out, talking about pack your things AGAIN, you're moving to E yard. I was like, "What the hell, I just got moved over here, now I'm getting moved to another yard?" I was really upset now because I was getting moved again and on top of that I'm getting sent back to the yard I was on before I was sent to F yard.</p><p>So of course I packed all my things and there I was on my way back to cell living. When I got to E yard and was put in the building I was getting sent to. In my head I was just like, "Man, this is crazy, I'm back over here." It felt weird because I had already gotten used to how level 2 was with all the freedom you're given and the bigger pod you're housed in. When I first got here, I got put in a cell by myself and like I said, I felt weird coming back to this cell living.</p><p>So not even a full two days that I'm here, and I get moved AGAIN. It's the third time they're asking me to move so I'm mad now. The CO said I was getting moved in with somebody else because they need to compact everybody, so there I went again moving all my things into a cell with someone else. </p><p>One reason why I was mad was because I got put in a cell by myself at first, so I was I got put in a cell by myself at first, so I was like, "OK, I'm alone at least, so I'll have time for myself to get my mind ready for this transfer. I'll be able to focus on my writing, I'll be able to read in peace, just things like that." But it didn't go like that so I ended up moving in with this other dude. He's pretty cool, I still did what I had to do but sometimes it's nice to have some alone time.</p><p>Anyway, this quarantine has been pretty cool otherwise because I have been able to just focus on things I wanted to do like writing and reading but then again it sucks because we've just been stuck in the cell this whole time. They don't let us out for nothing but shower and that's only once a day. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tbAAlOmPGQ0/X7CcfB9FqfI/AAAAAAAADYw/EztbocWmfvgM5zI7JeEWdwVfuCgsZziswCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_5359.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tbAAlOmPGQ0/X7CcfB9FqfI/AAAAAAAADYw/EztbocWmfvgM5zI7JeEWdwVfuCgsZziswCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_5359.heic" /></a></div>Other than that, this whole situation kind of sucks because like I said, I had just adapted to the level 2 program, barely had gotten a cool job, and barely got put in a GED class. So all of a sudden having to transfer to another prison out of the blue is stressful because everything I went through on F yard, adapting to that yard and everybody, now I have to start ALL over at another prison. <p></p><p>I'm not stressed as much as I was at first, because you never know, I'm probably going to have more opportunity at that prison, so I'm looking forward to it. Us at inmates, we get comfortable being at a certain prison, so it's hard when we just have to pack our things and go, but that's how it goes. </p><p>Meanwhile, I'm going to continue doing what I have to do to better myself and get in every group that I <br />can. And most importantly, I'm going to educate myself. When I get out, I'm going to have my GED, have some college, and hopefully a trade. That's my goal!</p>Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-39673149956845128032020-11-12T12:48:00.002-08:002020-11-12T12:49:23.368-08:00Follow-up from Jorge: Moving Down a Level<p> Hi everyone! My co-author Jorge (<a href="www.bronwynharris.com" target="_blank">please buy our book, Letters From the Inside: Hope in the Journey Beyond Classroom and Cell</a>. All proceeds go to his family!) wanted to update you all about daily life in prison. The next couple blog posts will be from him! If you want to help his family out financially or write to him, please contact me!</p><p>I can't put photos of him or the prison so photo credit Sam C, a student who took some photos to evoke the feeling of prisons in various ways for this series.<br /></p><p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p>It's crazy how things can be going really good then with a snap of a finger it can just change out of nowhere! July 29th, I landed on F-yard, which is a level 2, my first time ever experiencing a level 2. My whole time incarcerated I have been cell living and that's how I been doing my time for the past six years, so I didn't know any different. So dropping down a level was a big change for me.</p><p>When I got sent to F-yard because I moved down to level 2, all I knew was that instead of cells it was pods, and instead of two people in a cell, it was eight people per pod! So there were many things going through my head about this new environment. I didn't know what to expect. The first week on that yard, I felt really awkward. EVERYTHING is run differently, and of course because it's a level 2, you have more freedom! </p><p>What I found crazy was the phone situation. Instead of an inmate coming cell to cell to sigh you up for phone calls, YOU sign yourself up. So like, around 2:30 pm, if you're not up there in line for calls, you will not get a night call. Those in line first usually aim for a night call so those are the ones who go quick. And of course you know who doesn't want to call their family at night time after their day is over and they are finally getting the chance to relax. I know I always wanted to make sure I had a night call!</p><p>Other than the phone situation, what I also found different was the cell cleaning! In cell living, since there are only two guys in a cell, you take turns. You'll do it at one time, then your celly would do it the next day. So it's not that bad, plus due to the fact that it's only two people and the cell isn't that big and as long as you know you're celled up with someone that is a clean person and has good hygiene you know no matter what when it's time to clean the cell, it's going to get cleaned.</p><p>Now on a level 2, that's pod living with eight people including yourself, the cleaning becomes really difficult. Because most of the time not everything in your pod is clean and has good hygiene, which is expected. Then everyone in the pod has to establish some type of cleaning routine, where everybody has to contribute to clean at least one day of the week. Last but not least, not everybody is going to clean to your standards and most of the time it's because they're not clean with themselves so they don't care if they do a good job as long as it looks like they halfway did something and contributed to "cleaning," that's all that matters.</p><p>When it was my day, I would make sure I cleaned the whole pod and under everybody's bunks, but to be honest I cleaned every day because when it was another person's day, they wouldn't do it to my standards. So after that person was done cleaning, I'd go back and clean ONLY my area how I like it. </p><p>I understand that everybody has their way of doing things. I don't expect people to do things to my standards, but if someone does something around my area and I feel it didn't get done the right way, I am going to go back and do it over to how I like things done because I have to live there. You know, I do everything in my area: eat, sleep, hang out, just everything. So I'm always going to make sure that MY area is always clean.</p><p>It took me a few weeks, but I adjusted to this new way of programming and to be honest, after getting the hang of everything, I was actually starting to like level 2! I was enjoying the freedom that you're given on a lower level. Your door to your pod gets popped open at 7 am all the way until 5 pm. You just have to shut it for like 30 minutes for count then it gets popped again from like 5:30 to 9:15 pm. So your door stays open all through the day if you need to maybe go and grab something from your friend in another pod, you can just head and grab it without thinking like the door is locked. P</p><p>Phone calls start at 7:30 am and stop at 4:30 pm, because everyone has to take in and get ready for count. Then as I said before, you get popped back out at 5:30 pm, but phone calls won't begin until 7 pm and the last call is at 9 pm to 9:15 pm, after that program is shut down. So after going from being nervous because I was going to a level 2, I ended up liking it way more than cell living at the end. </p><p>The whole time I was on F-yard, I was unassigned until maybe like three weeks ago. I ended up getting a yard crew job and I got put in a GED class! This made me happy because I ended up with a job that was pretty cool and I was happy about the GED class because I was really want to be able to get my GED already. I want to be able to show my family and my girlfriend that I did it.</p><p>The two weeks or so that I had the yard crew job, I really enjoyed it. One thing that I benefited from having this job was that I didn't have to line up no more to sign up for a call. I was able to get first dibs on the phone list everybody, because my job started at 2:30 pm so since I had to walk out at that time, I was able to just sign up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vAbYrq_YMBA/X62fV5oRVYI/AAAAAAAADYc/lYpamQZ3ygYw68uU4gNs4M9jKEVY4XpvQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1098/IMG_5473.heic" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="828" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vAbYrq_YMBA/X62fV5oRVYI/AAAAAAAADYc/lYpamQZ3ygYw68uU4gNs4M9jKEVY4XpvQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_5473.heic" /></a></div><p></p><p>As far as for work, all I had to do was pick up all the trash bags in front of every building and take them to the gate where the big dumpster was and my job was done. The job was really easy. After I was done, I 'd wait until 3:30 pm when the yard was over and I'd go inside with my big bag of ice they gave the yard crew workers and would just take my shower, wash all my clothes, and finally be able to sit back, relax, and drink my cold ice water.</p><p>As for my GED class, I didn't even get to participate in it because out of nowhere one day around midday, I got called to the podium where the COs sit, and he told me that I needed to pack all my things because I was getting sent to A section, which is a quarantine section. I was totally confused as to why I was getting quarantined because I hadn't been anywhere where I could have been exposed to COVID. The only people that get quarantined are those who go somewhere or have been next to someone who has been exposed to the virus. </p><p>(to be continued soon)</p>Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-37629831055147926002020-08-24T18:47:00.006-07:002020-08-24T19:28:28.138-07:00A Message from Jorge<div class="separator"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am so grateful for everyone who came to the virtual book launch for Letters From the Inside: Hope in the Journey Beyond Classroom and Cell. In conversation with author <a href="www.mitaliperkins.com" target="_blank">Mitali Perkins,</a> also a friend of Jorge, my co-author, we had a conversation full of hope and promise.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you missed it, you can <a href="https://youtu.be/-4eauFt0oas" target="_blank">watch the video</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Of course, there was a very important person missing from the celebration: Jorge, my co-author. He will be incarcerated for at least another eight years. He wrote this message to all of you: </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9DftN2EhwB0/X0RtfmTZOWI/AAAAAAAACtw/R59rkhHCPcYIlCQzrbo7q-gZCg8Gtlj3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s477/thumbnail%2B%252845%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="349" height="157" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9DftN2EhwB0/X0RtfmTZOWI/AAAAAAAACtw/R59rkhHCPcYIlCQzrbo7q-gZCg8Gtlj3ACLcBGAsYHQ/w114-h157/thumbnail%2B%252845%2529.jpg" width="114" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;"></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;">Although I cannot physically be present to discuss this book and my life, I hop</span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;">e you all can understand a life </span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;">of a boy who was traumatized, hurting, and craving love and affection from those who were around. Growing up in the environment I was raised in was not easy and until today it is not easy. It’s been told that people like “me” who were in the wrong p</span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;">ath, are set to fail. Most children do not get a fair chance to succeed, often times they are judged. But before judging a struggling kid, I want you all to remember that there is a deeper issue beyond the bad grades and bad attitude. </span></span></p><p><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: inherit;">Children of all ages, act a
certain way because it’s their way of crying for help. Instead of abandoning a
kid, or making them feel like they are any less than a straight A student, I
ask you all to have patience and lend a helping hand to kids who is in the same
position as I was. Kids need to feel motivated, believed in and most
importantly that no matter what goes on in their neighborhood, they are still
worth fighting for. I hope you all are able to see what it is to grow up in a
low income neighborhood, where there is violence and lack of resources in
schools. But most importantly how being in a dysfunctional family can have an
impact on our actions that often times lead us into temptation. By reading my
story and following up with some of the letters I write, I hope you all can
learn some of the signs of a kid who is hurt deep down but is to afraid to
speak up for himself/herself. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;">I ask that if you come in contact with one of
those children or teens, do not look the other way. Please help them, because
it only takes one person to uplift and be a positive </span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;">role model in their life.
Thank you for taking the time to follow my journey through these books and for
listening to my life story. I hope you all love the book as much as I do. Thank
you and be safe.</span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;"></span></span></p><p><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: inherit;"></span></p><blockquote><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: inherit;">-Jorge Ramirez</span></blockquote><p></p><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-4eauFt0oas" width="320" youtube-src-id="-4eauFt0oas"></iframe></span></div></div><br /><p></p>Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-6770707232092528292020-07-29T14:43:00.002-07:002020-07-29T15:07:10.995-07:00An Anti-Racism Journey, Part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OTl9owiAhCU/XyHy8D3k0WI/AAAAAAAACs4/wnbmHMYvBYI3yMbva_JMhneIJMFY8htmQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1525/fight_racism_stencil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1525" data-original-width="1240" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OTl9owiAhCU/XyHy8D3k0WI/AAAAAAAACs4/wnbmHMYvBYI3yMbva_JMhneIJMFY8htmQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/fight_racism_stencil.jpg" /></a></div>
Part 1 is <a href="https://tigerthegecko.blogspot.com/2020/07/an-anti-racism-journey-part-1.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I feel like this could be as many parts as I had time to write, and I really hope that people offer some feedback.<br />
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After I started teaching Black and brown kids, I quickly realized the work I needed to do, and in fact that all white educators need to do. Realizing that we have work to do, however, is a lot easier than doing the work.<br />
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If you've never thought about it, take a minute to consider how public school systems are entrenched in white culture. The hand-raising instead of calling out, looking adults in the eye, lectures, sitting still... many of these are not necessarily best practices and are not what many non-white people do at home, but we force kids to adapt to this mold. I remember when I first thought to question this. I was a student teacher in Sacramento and didn't think twice about asking a child to "look me in the eye" to show respect. A Hmong parent gently pointed out that, in their culture, it was extremely rude for a child to look an adult in the eye, and that her daughter was being polite by averting her gaze.<br />
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Oh. I had no idea.<br />
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Later, when I was a classroom teacher, a Black mom told me that part of why sitting still and raising a hand was so hard for her son was because they went to a church with call and response, and it comes naturally to him to just call out an answer. He wasn't trying to be rude; he was trying to be helpful! And, as a young white teacher, I just thought that calling out answers was rude, because it was not how you do it in school!<br />
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White people, myself included, can feel extremely defensive when we're called on things like this. "Of course we're not racist!" we want to say! "Of course our school system isn't racist!" But that simply isn't true. I hope that most of us are never intentionally racist. But we need to look at our biases and what we consider "the right way" and who that hurts.<br />
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So, I suppose the first step in anti-racism is to drop the defensiveness and start listening. When someone says, "a racist system," it's not helpful for us to bristle and say, "But I'm not racist!" We need to pause, take a breath, and listen. And REALLY listen.<br />
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Then, we have to act. The time for talk has passed. It is no longer enough to just "not be racist." We need to actively be anti-racist.<br />
<a href="https://www.wellandgood.com/racism-public-health-crisis/" target="_blank"><br /></a>
<a href="https://www.wellandgood.com/racism-public-health-crisis/" target="_blank">Racism is a public health crisis</a>. We cannot sit by and watch.<br />
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I'd like more ideas on this, because this is the part of the journey I am on. I have some ideas, and will work on writing them up, but if you have any, please let me know!</div>
Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-57422774875974520952020-07-07T14:55:00.003-07:002020-07-07T14:55:36.324-07:00An Anti-Racism Journey: Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is a slogan that I'd love to adopt. However, I don't think it's accurate. Because there is no time in the history of America when everyone agreed that racism was wrong.<br />
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It's easy to see it now: Trump is stoking the fire of racism and bringing racists out of the woodwork! Why can't things just go back to the way they were before him?<br />
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The problem, of course, is that racism was still around before that. Yes, even when Obama was president. It was just easier for white people to ignore. I know it was easy for me to ignore, right up until I started teaching Black and brown kids and saw it up close. And I will always regret not realizing sooner that not only was racism still present, but that our country was founded on it. That this IS who we are and always has been.<br />
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I found a picture of myself during my first year teaching. I was 24 and looked about 15. I was surrounded by five boys: three Black kids and two Vietnamese kids, all in my first-grade class. I had a bad haircut and some fading acne scars and look very pale. I also look absolutely shell-shocked.<br />
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I remember taking that picture, probably in my first month of teaching ever. My shell-shocked look was not because the kids were acting up in that moment or because I had no white kids in my class. It was because I was realizing how very different their childhoods were from mine, and how people were going to treat them for the entire lives. I was realizing that this kids were going to deal with racism for their entire lives.<br />
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That was a hard enough realization, even though it was one I feel I came late to, at 24. But there were a lot of things I didn't know at that point. I didn't know that I would have all five kids in my third grade class two years later, which was wonderful, because we already had a bond. I didn't know that the next year, the school was going to put one of the Vietnamese kids in first grade again, trying to make him repeat the grade because of a clerical error, and that his parents didn't know their rights and didn't know how to find it. If his friend hadn't told me and I hadn't corrected it, he would have repeated for no reason.<br />
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I didn't know that one of the Black kids in that photo was going to drop out of school after fifth grade, never entering middle school, and that I'd never find out what happened to him. I didn't know that another of the kids would have a beautiful baby girl and send me photos. And I didn't know that the final kid in this photo, a wonderful Black boy who was so smart that he made another teacher give him multiplication problems (in first grade) when he had a time out with her, and told me that when he got angry I was the only one who could calm him down... I didn't know he'd die in his early 20s, after being incarcerated and while trying to leave a gang.<br />
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If I had known these things, I couldn't have kept going, because I loved those kids so much. And even realizing that racism was alive and well and hurting them was a hard enough realization that I look like a deer in the headlights in the photo.<br />
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Realizing that racism still exists, however, was obviously not nearly enough.<br />
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Part two coming soon... but I'd love to hear about what it was like for people to realize racism if you want to share!</div>
Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-41624099198906659832020-06-16T19:53:00.002-07:002020-06-16T19:53:55.167-07:00I Know Why We Learn History!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IFFuC-39EcM/XumDXkOSsJI/AAAAAAAACrg/SREuEzodhkIHwDRR75uTF9crXCj6_0DmQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/product.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="200" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IFFuC-39EcM/XumDXkOSsJI/AAAAAAAACrg/SREuEzodhkIHwDRR75uTF9crXCj6_0DmQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/product.jpg" width="191" /></a>I was tutoring a high schooler a while back, when we could still see each other in person, and he was reading <i>Night</i> by Elie Wiesel. If you aren't familiar with this book, it's a memoir of Wiesel's time at Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps. It's obviously horrific and very hard to read.<br />
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The student had some learning differences and struggled a bit with many academic tasks, and <i>Night</i> was a challenge. The copy he had was printed with a small, old-fashioned font, and much of the writing is old-fashioned, so he was struggling. In addition, it's one of the hardest subjects possible to read about, and Wiesel does not hold back but tells the stark truth.<br />
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As we were slogging through this, my student was really doing his best, but needed help on most sentences, as well as a lot of the context of what was going on in the world in 1944. He kept asking me if this was really true, and I hated answering yes.<br />
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At one point, he was quiet for a long time, after a particularly difficult paragraph with many new vocabulary words. I thought he was getting discouraged until he looked at me and said, "Hey! I know why we learn about things like this!"<br />
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I asked, "Things like what?"<br />
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He said, "I know why we learn history! It's so we <i>never do this again.</i>"<br />
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He went on to say that he was going to tell all his friends who hate history that he figured out why we study it.<br />
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I have a few adults who need to learn from this student. He's a C-/D+ student most of the time and I think he's wiser than almost anyone I know.</div>
Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-19565910036591163082020-05-19T13:42:00.000-07:002020-05-19T13:45:37.768-07:00A Kid's Argument for Pets in Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "comfortaa" , cursive; font-size: 24pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comfortaa" , cursive; font-size: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By Symphony R, age 10</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comfortaa" , cursive; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comfortaa" , cursive; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I believe that there should be pets in classes. Not class pets. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comfortaa" , cursive; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Let me explain. I think kids should bring their pets into class, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comfortaa" , cursive; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">as long as they behave, so you could see a new one each day. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comfortaa" , cursive; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comfortaa" , cursive; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">You’re probably thinking, “ What about allergies? This sounds </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comfortaa" , cursive; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">like a bad idea.” Well, I have a solution for that. You could have </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comfortaa" , cursive; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">everyone in the class write down their allergies, so you can’t </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comfortaa" , cursive; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">bring that pet.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comfortaa" , cursive; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comfortaa" , cursive; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I read something that said watching fish is calming, and petting </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "comfortaa" , cursive; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">a </span><span style="font-family: comfortaa, cursive; font-size: 18pt; white-space: pre;">cat lowers your heart rate, and I would be sad and lonely if I </span><br />
<span style="font-family: comfortaa, cursive; font-size: 18pt; white-space: pre;">was </span><span style="font-family: comfortaa, cursive; font-size: 18pt; white-space: pre;">away from my cats ( Also, my friend’s cat just died :(. ) . </span><br />
<span style="font-family: comfortaa, cursive; font-size: 18pt; white-space: pre;">Being with pets makes you calmer!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "comfortaa" , cursive; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "comfortaa" , cursive; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Something teachers would likely support is that when an animal </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "comfortaa" , cursive; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">came, you could study its behavior. Or do a report on it! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "comfortaa" , cursive; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">they behave well. </span></div>
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Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-52927778793825479252020-05-05T13:16:00.001-07:002020-07-29T14:43:51.334-07:00Fun Writing Prompts!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6XPGNY_gpSk/XrHJgfzT2fI/AAAAAAAACpM/hivhy_0NyrgfkF6iTDbWfuCsC4X_Py33gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/clipart-kids-writing-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="880" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6XPGNY_gpSk/XrHJgfzT2fI/AAAAAAAACpM/hivhy_0NyrgfkF6iTDbWfuCsC4X_Py33gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/clipart-kids-writing-5.jpg" width="300" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; white-space: pre-wrap;">I know many, many parents struggling with distance learning, also known as the worst type of homeschooling ever. I wanted to make something for them, for when they just do NOT have time. Here are a list of story starters and writing prompts that you can adapt. If they're typing, just give them a word count: "Pick a topic and write at least X words on it." If you or they aren't feeling decisive, just have them pick a number without looking, and that's the one they write on.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you or your kids have further ideas, please comment! I'll add ideas.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. I never would have believed it could happen, but it did.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. They said it was haunted but I didn't believe them until...</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. The island was totally deserted.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. I started getting used to the pirate life after a month.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. I opened the door and...</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">8. My parents wouldn't let me use screens today so this is what I did instead.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">10. Write a story that uses ketchup as a main character.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">11. Describe your left shoe.</span></span><br />
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12. Bob was the richest person in the world.<br />
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13. Everyone talks about good fairy godmothers, but there can also be very, very bad ones.<br />
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14. One day, everything I touched turned to guacamole.<br />
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15. Instead of money, my country decided to use donuts as currency.<br />
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16. You woke up and you were 100 years in the future.<br />
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17. If you were in charge of all schools, what would change?<br />
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18. I got three wishes, but it didn't quite turn out as I expected...<br />
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<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">19. If you could invent anything, what would you invent and why?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #14171a;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">21. Harry Potter was a fake.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #14171a;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">22. Instead of cars and boats, we all used unicorns and manatees.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">23. Describe something in your pocket or your purse.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">24. You open your front door and see a giant box. What is inside and what happens when you open it?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">25. Write a story where each sentence starts with the next letter of the alphabet. A... B... C...</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">26. What if you became friends with your food?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">27. If you can become any animal at all for a year, what would you choose?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #14171a;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">28. Kids have finally gotten to vote for president! What happens?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #14171a; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">29. You woke up this morning and all your clothes (I mean ALL your clothes) are gone. What do you do?</span></span><br />
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Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-36586414546985589422020-05-04T09:34:00.002-07:002020-05-04T13:33:59.355-07:00Guest Blog by Symphony (My Niece)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Distance learning has flaws, but it’s kind of the best we can do right </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> now. I’m in fourth grade, and I go to a French school. My class only </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> has three and a half hours of school each week, and this is a problem</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; white-space: pre;">.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I’m not saying I’m a superfan of school, which I’m not, but because </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> my teachers don’t have enough class time, they give insane amounts </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> of homework. That may be a bit of an exaggeration, but just yesterday</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> I had to do 6 or 7 things for school. (Some things I did procrastinate,</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> but still.) It took over an hour. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I’m okay with the balance between class time and homework, but it’s</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">still sort of a problem. I understand the teachers’ job is to educate us kids, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">but they don’t get the time to do so, so they give us a whole bunch of </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">homework instead! Just this week, I probably did over ten things for </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">homework! I can’t imagine the horror college students must be going </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">through. In high school and college, they already have about 3 hours of </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> My class had nearly 6 hours at school every day, and now when we’re on </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> Zoom with my class, it’s only 1 hour of French per day on Wednesdays and </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> Thursdays, and on Tuesdays I have 1 hour of English, and then on Fridays </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> I have half an hour of French reading. You’re probably asking yourself, “Why </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> is she listing her class schedule? I don’t care about that.” Well, I know that, and </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I don’t mind. The list of my classes looks long, but it’s really not. If you do the </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">math, </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; white-space: pre;">it’s only 3 and a half hours.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">There’s not even really a website designed for distance learning, I mean there’s </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Google Traslate and Zoom, which </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; white-space: pre;">is what my class uses, but there is not </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; white-space: pre;">really one designed to video chat with your class. But most people use Zoom,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt; white-space: pre;">so it's a good enough platform. </span></div>
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Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-62912208165846735992020-04-09T16:09:00.001-07:002020-04-09T16:09:09.788-07:00Grace for the Parents<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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OK, let's be honest. Distance learning during a pandemic is not fun. None of us were prepared for this: not the schools, not the teachers, not the students, and definitely not the parents.<br />
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Over the last few weeks (feels like years!), I have seen many parents say that they're failing, and I want to ask them this:<br />
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Are your kids alive? Do you love them? Then you haven't failed.<br /></div>
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I don't care if you've gotten dressed, if they've been on screens all day, or if they've eaten ice cream for every meal. You are trying to deal with your regular routine/work PLUS HOMESCHOOLING YOUR CHILDREN plus money worries plus isolation.<br />
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Almost none of you were trained to teach, you didn't decide to homeschool, and many of you are having to do it WHILE working full time.<br />
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This is impossible. And you are doing the impossible.</div>
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As for academic achievement? <span style="font-family: inherit;">DO NOT WORRY ABOUT IT.</span><br />
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You can catch them up later. I'll help you if you need it. Right now, just survive. Snuggle them if they'll let you, ignore them if you need to, keep everyone alive, and you're good.</div>
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For real.<br />
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And I've been teaching over 20 years; if ayone's going to be judgy about parenting, it's me!<br />
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Seriously. Please give yourselves grace. And let me know if I can help in any way. Even if it's just to say YOU ARE NOT FAILING.<br />
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Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-63790352448513626642020-03-22T18:39:00.002-07:002020-03-22T18:39:19.894-07:00Distance Learning and Profound Sorrow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Well, teaching during a pandemic has proven to be very interesting as any teacher or parent can attest to right now.<br />
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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.<br />
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I didn't become a teacher to sit at a desk job.<br />
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I'm trying to hold my gratitude along with the sorrow and it is hard.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 the world if they're making them adhere to the shutdowns. And they're scared and acting out in normal teenage ways.<br />
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The little kids think this tech is AWESOME. They feel grown-up on conference calls and when I'm able to do group sessions, they love seeing their friends. We have fun banter and I try to give them virtual high-fives and I applaud them and act silly just like I do during tutoring.<br />
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They don't know that I get off these sessions and cry.<br />
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This will probably change. Humans can adapt and overall, teaching online is not a hardship. But I'm trained to teach elementary school. I hug, I lean over and adjust their pencil grip, I high five them, I let them pet the dog. I do jumping jacks with them for a break. This is not what any of us need.<br />
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But it's better than nothing.<br />
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Thank you, teachers everywhere. You weren't prepared, you weren't adequately trained, and you can't do what your heart is telling you to do. But you are giving your all for the kids, as always.</div>
Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-61253438933300410432020-02-05T16:13:00.001-08:002020-02-05T16:13:41.341-08:00Amplifying Their Voices<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">"... they [kids like him] feel as if nobody is going to care about anything they have to say, and to be honest, that's where it all starts."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Then, this is the part that really got me. "If it wasn't for my 3rd grade teacher [me], I wouldn't be here talking about my life story. She told me my voice needed to be heard, so here I am."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">People often, OFTEN, thank me for giving my former students a voice.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I say no, they have a voice. It's just that no one is listening. My goal is to amplify their voice.</span></span></div>
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Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-76792693586761595092020-02-01T21:09:00.002-08:002020-02-01T21:09:40.223-08:00Wearing a Stranger's Boots<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I went to visit Jorge again earlier in the month. The visit went well. Jorge looks really good and is happy, and we got to bring his girlfriend (that’s another story about how he reconnected from somebody from elementary school and they are engaged).<br />
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There was a quick moment of worry when we didn’t think his sister could get in with a belly button piercing but she did. This is also the closest I’ve ever come to having a panic attack at the prison. I went through the body scan machine and the metal detector, and took my shoes off, took my ring off, emptied my pockets, and had my hair felt to make sure I didn't have anything hidden in it. I got my wrist stamped and started to feel everything closing in. I had to focus on breathing and try not to think about the institutional walls, the COs who were being rude to me, and most importantly, the razor wire surrounding everything. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to go in but eventually diminished, although didn't go away completely.<br />
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After an hour and a half or so, Mitali and I left Jorge to hang out with his family and girlfriend for the rest of the time and went to visit his old cellmate who has literally nobody, during open visiting hours.<br />
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The line was really long to get back in, which made me really sad because people were waiting for ages to get to see their loved ones for only 30 minutes or 45 minutes before visiting hours ended.<br />
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Direcly in front of us were a grandma and her grandson who were going to see the little boy's dad and we chatted in line. The little boy was awesome. Pro tip: if you ever want to strike up a conversation with a kid, don’t ask them what school they go to. Ask them if they’ve ever broken a bone or have any cool scars. We compared scars.<br />
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The little boy looked up at the razor wire and asked what it was for. Granmda was doing something else at this point, so I tried to explain, and I tried to do it without having it sound too scary. But how do you explain to a little boy that the razor wire is there to keep his dad in, and to cause extreme damage if he tries to get out?<br />
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We finally got in and got checked in and were about to go through the scanner and metal detector, again. A woman next to us was telling her husband that she wasn’t going to be able to go in because she had lace-up boots, sort of combat boot style. She seemed shellshocked and didn't really show emotion, just kept saying that she couldn't get in, they wouldn't let her in. Now, I can undestand why they wouldn't want someone to wear footwear that was similar to the inmates' footwear, but I have read the dress code extensively, adn there is NOTHING in there about boots. Flilp-flops, yes. And slippers. Nothing about boots. She couldn't have known.<br />
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I asked her what size she wore and she said 8 1/2. I said, hey, I wear a size 9. That’s close enough, let’s trade. She pointed out, but then you can’t go in. Mitali asked her who she was visiting and she said her son and she hadn’t seen him in five years.<br />
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Obviously I took off my shoes and we traded. The guard tried to say we couldn't and then he just shrugged and let us. I walked out in slightly too-small boots and waited in the car. She got to see her son for half an hour, for the first time in five years.<br />
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It was the easiest choice for a good deed I’ve done in years and years. I’m just glad I had the right size feet. </div>
Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-26841404483152951712020-01-14T17:00:00.001-08:002020-01-14T17:00:30.483-08:00Tamale Fundraiser!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hi everyone! I wanted to invite anyone in the area (East Bay, California) to this delicious & fun fundraiser on Sunday, January 26, in the evening!<br />
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(short version): Tamales for a great cause!! Check out the three options and please please buy tickets through the eventbrite links!<br />
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Pilar de Esperanza is a Mexican orphanage/group home that Bronwyn has been volunteering at and visiting for 19 years. Like every orphanage in Mexico, it's affiliated with a local church, but receives all its funding from donations, and is in need of help fixing up the van that transports the kids to school and paying for one of the older kids' college education.<br />
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Pilar is a wonderful place and the staff and kids act as a family. Many of the kids came from living on the streets, abandoned or abused, and they have the chance now to get education and grow up in a family setting.These are awesome kids to support!<br />
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The orphanage is located in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, just south of McAllen, Texas.<br />
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THREE PARTS:<br />
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1. TAMALE DINNER & RAFFLE!<br />
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Come eat a delicious tamale dinner!<br />
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Open to all ages, this dinner will feature a variety of tamales, (vegetarian available), beans, salad, beverages, and dessert! There will also be a raffle with many wonderful prizes. 5:30-7:30 on Sunday, Jan 26.<br />
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https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ano-nuevo-tamale-dinner-fundraiser-tickets-86600244663<br />
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2. TAMALE MAKING CLASS!<br />
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Come learn to make tamales!<br />
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This one-hour class will provide all the ingredients and supplies you need to learn to make your own delicious homemade tamales! Come support an orphanage in Mexico while developing a new skill and taking home a dozen tamales for later (pork, chicken, and chili cheese available)! Supervised children 8 and up are welcome!<br />
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Open to all ages, this dinner will feature a variety of tamales, (vegetarian available), beans, salad, beverages, and dessert! There will also be a raffle with many wonderful prizes.<br />
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https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ano-nuevo-tamale-class-fundraiser-tickets-86427030575<br />
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3. TAMALES TO GO!<br />
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Would you like a dozen delicious homemade tamales to take home and enjoy? Come pick up your choice of pork, chicken, chili cheese, or a variety pack! Easily frozen for later as well. Pickup will be from 4-8 pm at APC, 677 West Ranger Ave., Alameda, CA.Come eat a delicious tamale dinner!<br />
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https://www.eventbrite.com/e/delicious-tamales-to-go-fundraiser-tickets-86634198219</div>
Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-22820969771477942652019-12-28T20:44:00.001-08:002020-01-31T18:26:30.885-08:00Diversity<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I attended a <i>misa catolica</i> tonight--a Spanish-language mass.<br />
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It was the anniversary of <a href="http://tigerthegecko.blogspot.com/2016/12/reunion.html" target="_blank">Jorge's</a> mother's death. His grandmother usually has a deacon from the church come to her home to pray the rosary on the anniversary of her daughter's death, and I've joined them for that twice before. (After the first time I tried really hard to learn the Our Father and Hail Mary prayers in Spanish but they still went too fast for me!)This year, they had a memorial mass in the church.<br />
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If you've ever met me, you know that I couldn't possibly stink out more in a Spanish-language mass... or a Spanish-language anything. People turned to look as I walked to a pew because I am clearly not the target demographic.<br />
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I will always, always be grateful for my experience teaching in East Oakland because of how comfortable I am in neighborhoods where many people are afraid, as well as being totally comfortable being the only white person in a room.<br />
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I will also always be grateful for both my teaching experience and my time at the Mexican orphanage I visit because I'm also totally comfortable being the only person in a room who doesn't speak Spanish as a first language.<br />
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This wasn't always true, of course. I'm not a sociologist, but my unprofessional opinion is that humans are "tribal" in that we gravitate toward people who look, sound, and act like us. That may be natural, but I don't think it's best. There is so much richness in diversity and I'm glad that I was pushed so, so far out of my comfort zone because my comfort zone is now exponentially bigger.<br />
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It's an honor to be included in other communities' celebrations and sorrows. It can also be exhausting, and I often don't feel worthy of it. But it is an incredible honor.</div>
Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-4676452338447863512019-12-11T11:55:00.002-08:002020-01-31T18:26:46.809-08:00Empathy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Homelessness in the Bay Area is both a growing problem and a very divisive issue. Every time any kind of facility to help the unhoused in any way is proposed, there is a lot of very ugly rhetoric around what will happen if we do it.<br />
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The narrative is always something like, "Sure it's good to help people with no homes, but we shouldn't do it HERE, we should do it THERE. The needles! Our children! The drugs!" etc.<br />
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In the spring, I volunteered for a local measure that would allow a wellness and respite center for the unhoused. The center had the audacity to be near the beach! (sarcasm) which apparently would ruint he beach for everyone else, etc. etc. The opposition ran a very ugly campaign, with tons of fearmongering and lies.<br />
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My nephew came to visit and asked me about my Measure A sign. I explained to him, and he immediately said, "but in kindergarten, we learned that you have to help people. Why don't people want to help people who don't have houses?"<br />
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We went to see the facility and he said it would be good. He wanted me to let everyone know that "measure A is good and the other one is BAD."<br />
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The center is happening and is in the design phase. I went to the meeting where they had input and I thought I'd get my nephew's input since he had felt so strongly.<br />
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He and his little sister thought really hard and listed their top three things the center needed:<br />
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1. Vegetable garden<br />
2. Showers<br />
3. Couches<br />
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They explained each:<br />
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Vegetable garden so it looks pretty and the people can have vegetables and be healthy. ("But they need treats too!")<br />
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Showers because it's fun to get dirty but then you have to get clean and if you're homeless it's hard to get clean.<br />
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Couches because you need to rest.<br />
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The kids get it. Why don't the adults?<br />
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Bronwyn http://www.blogger.com/profile/00665152623001702024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21905243.post-81111792837585082942019-11-21T21:23:00.000-08:002020-01-31T18:27:00.019-08:00A New Generation!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As a teacher, you never know which of your students are going to be the ones you stay in touch with. One of my biggest, and most wonderful, surprises was reconnecting with "Chantal" over many years.<br />
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Chantal was a very intelligent, very angry child, and she had reason to be angry. I won't go into her background in detail here, but her mother was not present and her father was elderly when she was born, among other issues. Chantal pretty much raised herself.<br />
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She was one of those students who you would like to see succeed, but you're just not sure it will happen. I lost touch with her when I left the classroom, and wondered what had happened. Happily, she found my phone number when she was in high school and called me to let me know she had straight As, and I was thrilled.<br />
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We've kept in touch and seen each other off and on since then and I've gotten to hear about her jobs, her marriage, and her three, soon to be four children. We had lunch recently and I fell in love with her children.<br />
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I had met the two older ones before, when they were much younger, and I didn't think they'd remember but they ran up to me and hugged me, with one of them saying, "Ms. HARRIS! You were my mom's TEACHER!" Their mom is about 28 and probably seems like she was never in third grade, let alone with a still-living teacher!<br />
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They drew me pictures and asked me lots of questions, not listening to answers because they were so excited to tell me about their baby sister and the new baby on the way. They told me that they had been listening to "the multiplication songs." I had completely forgotten that when Chantal was in my class, I often played <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Time-Tunes-Grades-Marcia-Miller/dp/0590499432" target="_blank">a CD I had </a>with multiplication songs to help the kids learn their math facts. Chantal asked me for a copy of it when she had kids and apparently her kids have been listening to it for years, and could sing all the songs already.<br />
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The kids were respectful, polite, smart, and engaging, which brought me to tears when I thought about it later. Chantal didn't grow up with a family, not really. And somehow, she has been able to create this family for herself, in a very healthy way.<br />
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When we were leaving, the kids asked if I could be their teacher. Then they started arguing happily about what I should be to them. Could they adopt me as their grandma? An auntie? They settled on cousin and asked me to come to their house soon.<br />
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This here, this lunch... if nothing else made my years of teaching worthwhile, this would have. It was absolutely beautiful.</div>
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