Writing on teaching and learning.
My students were less moved by today’s speech than by the election (as was I). It was a big moment, but nothing compared to that night. They remain deeply concerned about Obama’s safety, suggesting that he is in danger from “all the white people who don’t like blacks.” I ask them for evidence, and apparently […]
Read More Post-InauguralI am glad to report that many of our students here (all African-American) are pretty psyched about the Obama victory, and have been writing in class about how this changes their idea of themselves and their futures. One of the boys said he cried. Another said his dumb grandma went downstairs to honk the horn on […]
Read More Hot off the presses: urban youth react to Obama victoryEverything else up here is carefully revised and not just off the cuff… because I value your time, dear reader…however, today requires two extemporaneous insertions. One: people searching for “naked locker room” on the internet are accidentally being sent to the tale of my dying grandmother and her bathroom problems. This must be poetic justice for a […]
Read More November 4
Going On 