House of Mirrors


Then there is state testing.







images.jpgWhat is my role now, in 2016?




So what’s next?


No apologies.


Until next week.  Love you loves.

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2 thoughts on “House of Mirrors

  1. Great article. I taught for almost a decade, under No Child Left Behind, and I remember having to sign all these papers that we would keep the test contents secret, wouldn’t talk about the tests to anyone. What were they hiding? Stop blaming yourself! We’re in the midst of a hostile takeover of education by self-serving, profit-driven interests. It has become common practice for people to make a lot of money sitting in an office somewhere creating standards and assessments for others who they will never meet or interact with. Those teachers who remain in the classroom, who fight every day to provide direct face-to-face education for their students — you are the only true educators worth keeping employed, in my opinion. I have no respect for the “educators” who sit at a computer checking email all day, making decisions about matters they won’t ever handle in person. I worked with several principals who were like that. Our culture has become enamored with this “distant drone” mentality. Everywhere I go, I find these people who are not willing to get their hands dirty, but then want to wield the power of directing others and telling them how things should happen. Distant, hands-off managers. Absentee landlords. Far-off educations czars. Unavailable building code inspectors. Top-floor CEOs behind locked doors. It’s pathetic. Meanwhile the only real education happens when a teacher remains in the room and interacts with the students directly. It is my opinion that we have lost our way, as a culture. Joy, you have nothing to be ashamed of. Keep up the good fight! Use that tenure system to do what you know is right, whether or not the well-fed overlords approve.


    1. Thank you Adam.
      I appreciate the encouragement so much.
      I am very hard on myself. I gradually learning to function and thrive
      in an imperfect environment. I keep fighting for my students.
      Sending love.


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