We teach anyway
...the threats from the White House and its conspirators.
But teachers have chosen to stay in the fight. What motivates you to stay? My guess it comes down to the children. It’s what responsible adults know in their hearts that you are here for the children. But the choice to be in the classroom is more of a challenge now than it was for me and my colleagues in the latter half of the 20th century.
I was fortunate to be in schools where I could be in the driver’s seat of what I taught and how to teach it, whether in the US, England, or the former Soviet Union. I saw my classroom as my own, where I could bring in ideas, methods, and information and invite students to do the same. Where we explored the same information and concepts without fear of misinformation creeping in.
I had my turn for forty years in the classroom and twelve teaching teachers. Sometimes I think I could still be in the mix, but now in my mid 80s living in Mexico, I have chosen to write books and this Substack. It allows meet to be involved.
Sometimes I wonder what relevance my experience has for the present––and a future saturated with AI. But I offer it in hopes of encouraging teachers to take hold of their presence with their students, making relationships paramount, and nurturing their growth.
We know that we will not make the history books, but we teach anyway.
Invite teachers you know to read my Blog, written with them in mind to provide hope in these troubled times.
