Someone once told me that they stopped following my Twitter account because it was so “ADHD” – meaning I am too into everything. (I could unpack how offensive it was to use a term for mental illness as an adjective but let’s assume we can all agree on that one for now.) This critic could […]
Month: July 2016
Finding Community in Making
Recent events throughout the world and my own social justice journey/learning have brought me to tears repeatedly over the past couple of weeks. I rarely lose my optimistic demeanour but, I wonder frequently how to face the challenges and horrific truths that impact our society right now. Without adding a layer of frivolity to the very […]
Owning My Ignorance
My recent post about setting personalized reading goals for myself was simply a way to celebrate a love of reading/literacy and encourage lifelong learning. In my roles as teacher librarian, ESL teacher, teacher of students with special education needs, equity & social justice advocate, parent, ally and human being, I feel that these simple goals guide […]
A different kind of reading challenge
Summer is an amazing time as a teacher. The challenges of our job are offset by the gift of summers off. As a two teacher household, our family appreciates this time tremendously and we are not naive to the privilege of this time together that most professions do not offer. As a teacher librarian, the […]