To look at how I differ from my students, the first task is to label my identity. I am a white man, and I am older than most of my students. I am cisgender, yet do not regularly discuss my sexual orientation, but pass as a hetero-allosexual. I believe I am neurotypical. I require corrective […]
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An Ever Present Fracturing
I think, as with many questions in this area, it is at once a simple and complicated answer. The more I think about the differences between all of us, and, more specifically, the difference between myself and my students, I am faced increasingly with the realization of the ways in which we are so similar. […]
Prioritizing Community and Discourse within the Classroom
Within my classroom, I place value upon passion. Sometimes, it is difficult for students to find excitement in the curriculum or subject matter, and I believe it is the responsibility of the instructor to find the ways in which they can bring forth students’ excitement and passions in relation to the classroom. This is sometimes […]