Aug 7, 2017AP for Who? Fin.What follows is my account of becoming and being an AP (Advanced Placement) English teacher in the American public high school system. African-American teachers, both male, and female, are slowly being driven out of the profession. Experienced African-American AP teachers are so rare in the Western United States that I…Education13 min readEducation13 min read
Jul 20, 2017AP for Who? cont.What follows is my account of becoming and being an AP (Advanced Placement) English teacher in the American public high school system. African-American teachers, both male, and female, are slowly being driven out of the profession. Experienced African-American AP teachers are so rare in the Western United States that I…Education8 min readEducation8 min read
Jul 16, 2017AP for Who? cont.What follows is my account of becoming and being an AP (Advanced Placement) English teacher in the American public high school system. African-American teachers, both male, and female, are slowly being driven out of the profession. Experienced African-American AP teachers are so rare in the Western United States that I…Education12 min readEducation12 min read
Jul 14, 2017AP for Who?What follows is my account of becoming and being an AP (Advanced Placement) English teacher in the American public high school system. African-American teachers, both male, and female, are slowly being driven out of the profession. Experienced African-American AP teachers are so rare in the Western United States that I…Education9 min readEducation9 min read
Jun 13, 2017#UnitedforSense8Netflix has 100 Million subscribers, and as of very recently, their stock and value was on the rise. According to recent hearsay, Her Majesty The Queen watches Netflix, so it’s reasonable to assume that they think a few hundred thousand customer complaints don’t matter. The condescending and dismissive responses from…Netflix4 min readNetflix4 min read
Mar 10, 2016“Without a sense of identity, there can be no struggle.”I’d like to open with a quote: “Without a sense of identity, there can be no struggle.” These words are by Brazilian educator and revolutionary, Paulo Freire The way I see it, within this quote is a two-fold question. Who are we, and what do we struggle for? My answer…Education4 min readEducation4 min read
Jan 15, 2016“I’m just chillin’, working at Taco Bell”This week, at a Pho restaurant, I was celebrating my daughter’s birthday when I saw a former student who graduated three years ago. We hugged, exchanged greetings, and then when I asked her what she was up to these days, her less-than-stellar reply was, “I’m just chillin’, working at Taco…Education4 min readEducation4 min read
Published inStudent Voices·Jan 11, 2016MONTBELLO aka THE BELLOS aka THE ‘HOOD’- Denver, COMONTBELLO aka THE BELLOS aka THE ‘HOOD’- Denver, CO Hello world. This will be the first of a series of posts wherein I will attempt to shed some light on what it’s really like to work in today’s public school system. I can’t promise to make you laugh. I can’t…Education3 min readEducation3 min read
