Equity Check — When My Student Became My Teacher

Each and Every
Sep 2, 2018 · 14 min read

by Mike Melie

We’re so distracted by how things end, we usually forget how beautiful the beginning was.” — Lamiya Waheed

Image courtesy Nurture Pictures

It’s hard for me to believe when I think about it, but I’m at the beginning of my 15th year as a high school teacher. To travel back in time to my first year in front of my own classroom is to go back to another era of my life…

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