An Ode to June

Loved loved loved June Jordan's article. I think this relates nicely to our discussion last week about how involved you should get in a student's personal life. Here I feel Jordan did something super noble as a human being and yet was also able to use the context of Willie's struggles as a guide for her class. I want to be able to emulate that same "smartness" when I am a teacher. I have dreams that I embody that "on your feet" thinking when it comes to teaching philosophies and strategies and I only hope that one day (or today) I can make my awakened life a physical embodiment of my dream life.

As for my prospectus - this article was also wonderfully relevant and opened my eyes to a new sort of class discussion/interaction/collaboration model. I think I will incorporate the idea of having the class work together to come up with rules/guidelines/suggestions for the class and for the class content. Perhaps it will be a blog or Google doc they have to add to so that I'm incorporating digital tools as well. Still need to think about that one but...

Wheels are spinning, brain is working, (or as my mother would have said "Thought I smelled rubber burning).