In my quest for mental stimulation that does not involve writing tedious step-by-step manuals on how to open mail and make deposits (yeah summer job), I came across these:
“American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.“
“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 29, 2008
Favorite James Baldwin Quotes of the Day
July 15, 2008
Black and Latino Teachers & Activists Racially Profiled & Prosecuted for Attending Their Student’s Court Proceedings
Last May, 32 students in Bushwick who were on their way to their friends’ funeral were surrounded by cops, harassed, handcuffed and arrested with no provocation. Two of their teachers attended the court proceedings to support them in November and were arrested. Trial date tomorrow morning. See below.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: PLEASE FORWARD [...]
July 7, 2008
The Miseducation of NYC
I finished my first year of teaching in NYC.
I’m breathing … recuperating, relaxing, rejoicing, reflecting, all that.
This has been a crazy twelve months. I started the NYC Teaching Fellows Program in June of last year. I still attend classes at Brooklyn College two nights a week, and will continue to [...]
