teachfortruth's Blog
teachfortruth
- Location
- Lakewood, California,
- Birthday
- May 10
- Bio
- I am an educator, musician and activist. After 26 rewarding and sometimes tumultuous years in education, I decided to share my story. My career in education has been impacted greatly by my willingness to advocate for the importance of treating all students with dignity and respect. My journey in public schools will be chronicled in a book I am working on that will be released in January of 2012. In the meantime, I encourage all educators, parents and students to share their own stories of public school life. Let's keep the conversation going!
MY RECENT POSTS
- The Biggest Bullies on the
Playground
October 12, 2011 08:47PM - A Teacher's Turn to Talk
September 26, 2011 11:24PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Boy! Talk about bullies!
My junior high school students
use
the word gay
freely…”
October 11, 2011 04:09PM - “Thank you for this great
article. It is a perfect
example of
why educators
need…”
October 04, 2011 02:08PM - “I was touched by your
story. As a Chicana growing up
in the
60s, I always felt
l…”
October 04, 2011 01:59PM - “I stopped reading RS
many years ago when I realized
that
their definition of
cutt…”
October 04, 2011 01:34PM - “Isn't it amazing how
angels can appear to us just
when we
need them the
most?”
September 30, 2011 06:20PM
Teachfortruth's Links
- My Links
- Teach For Truth
OCTOBER 12, 2011 8:47PM
The Biggest Bullies on the Playground
Not long ago one of the students in my English class asked what would happen to him if his mother was deported. Like so many young people in this country, he was worried about how his family would stay together if California followed in Arizona’s footsteps and started arresting and deport/… Read full post »
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 11:24PM
A Teacher's Turn to Talk
Have you ever noticed that most of what we read about education is not written by educators? Our glimpses inside the classroom are provided by news reporters who usually begin their stories with pre-conceived notions about the downfall of education as we know it and then proceed to validate the/… Read full post »
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