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Posts By Tom Rademacher

Well, Damn. I Am 'Just a Teacher' and Proud of It.

OK, so here’s this embarrassing thing I did recently. I kinda promised myself I would never admit this to anyone, so please don’t tell. It was my friend’s birthday, and my friend is this super...

Teaching

Every Time I Think About Leaving the Classroom, My Students Remind Me Why I'm Here

Last week, teaching almost killed me. Again. I was driving home from work, having stayed later than typical for a meeting and some organizing. The later drive meant hitting rush hour square in the...

Teaching

Puberty Is Hard, and So Is Teaching About It

Puberty is hard. Teaching it ain’t easy either. Still, those “what happens to my body” conversations are a perfect test-case for why school is pretty important. Yes, this is a conversation that many...

Teaching

White People Get Big Mad When You Force Them to Think About White People

White people get big mad when you force them to think about White people. I knew this. I know this. Also, they will almost never say, “I’m mad because you made me think about White people!” No. They...

Teaching

For White Teachers Teaching White Boys in the Suburbs

If you haven’t read "For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood," a great book by Christopher Emdin for every teacher everywhere, please do. We talk too much about White boys. Witness the Esquire article...

Teaching

I Always Write About How Hard Teaching Is But I Really Do Love It

Once, forever ago, I wrote a tweet bemoaning how many stories out there were about how much teaching sucks, and all the reasons people left teaching. Sean McComb, who was then the National Teacher of...

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