Taylor the Teacher

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SOME writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the […]

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About a month ago, someone uttered solemn reproaches on me for the better part of an afternoon for cussing on my blog. It’s UNPROFESSIONAL, and makes other teacher blogger dolls look bad, she says. ~i’m not picking on her, since she’s far from the first to tell me that~
Best I can break it down, their argument is […]

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When I was writing To a Little Boy, my original title ~handwritten in my spiral notebook~ was To a Little Black Boy. I debated whether or not to mention his race in that post. Does it matter that the boy is black? He was a sad, tiny boy. He was a sad, tiny, black boy.
Knowing […]

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Elton is my old pal. ~who’d have thought i could overlook the name “elton”~ I used to make my mom set a place at the table for him when I was very young. ~mommieee, where’s elton john gonna sit? we weren’t on a first-name basis back then~ That’s because, as my most favored imaginary […]

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… I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look, but it was gone.
       Pink Floyd, Comfortably Numb

My classroom walls are white now. Like an insane asylum.
Here’s what it used to look like:

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I saw you today on the playground at your pre-school. My view of the playground is so obstructed that I can only see a small part of it when I’m on my porch in the afternoons.
You were sitting on a swing, perfectly still. You had your head in your hands with your elbows wrapped […]

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I cried in my classroom today. This wasn’t like the angry, stressed-out, frustrated cries I’ve had so many times before in that room. This was more like the breakdown you finally reach over a casket or grave site.
I stood over the blue action packer I’ve had on top of my cabinet since day one as […]

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Started cleaning out in January. I’ve been bringing the classroom home a few boxes at a time since I got a letter from the principal on the last day before Christmas break.
I knew I wouldn’t leave in the middle of a school year, but I also knew of my resistance to change, so I thought it best […]

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Always turned off by violence, I put off watching Kill Bill until this weekend. ~that and my disorder that keeps me from watching something everyone tells me to watch~ I generally do not enjoy violent movies. It’s not a holier-than-thou thing if you watch them. Not saying they’re the decline of civilization. I’m just turned off […]

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 photo by oskay
When was a student teacher I vowed to myself I would have nothing to do with sports. I am not hateful of sports. ~just intensely annoyed~  But, learning is fun. So I would rather be associated with something academic.
But of course, sports are the only things our society is willing to pay for. I […]

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