“The opposite of racist isn’t ‘not racist.’ It is ‘anti-racist.’… One either allows racial inequities to persevere, as a racist, or confronts racial inequities, as an anti-racist. There is no in-between safe space of ‘not racist.” Ibram X Kendi
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So, some days—sure—we turn in my daughter’s journal entry. But most days my children roam the house like feral animals hiding cake under their bed, pulling the wooden boards off our backyard fence to make see-saws, and painting their eyelids pink as my husband and I teach and work online.
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Last week, I was speaking with a friend on the phone. I love her dearly and would do anything for her. Almost. She asked me for wellness advice. My response was a hard and fast, “No.” You see, friends, now is not the time. I have watched with fascination as […]
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I am so excited to share with you 9 of my absolute favourite wellness practices. These are the tried and true practices that have kept me on a path of mental and physical wellbeing over the years. There is no particular order to them. I actually jotted them down in […]
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If we want to be the best possible version of ourselves, we must put our wellness as teachers as a top priority. This post is challenging for me to write, as I would be generally content to spend December living off of frothy coffee drinks and holiday cheese balls. Except […]
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November sees us wrapping up the term. Often, that means our students are slammed with multiple deadlines and tests. For some of these students, the anxiety of the end-of-term deadlines can be paralyzing. We find ourselves telling our students to “Work on your project, it’s due soon!” or “Don’t forget […]
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