High school English teacher in Alberta here (we are about to strike on Monday). @gailsimone.bsky.social 's Uncanny X-Men series is keeping me grounded and continually reminding me: it's for the kids!
Talking myself off the ledge of "schoolishness"...A daily task
Consistency in assessment... consistent with what? To what end?
Do I want students to feel successful or do I want students to feel fulfilled? Reframing, redrawing, reconceptualizing.
Are we looking to transform or to conform?
"Grade inflation" is inherently a historical argument (change over time). Historians take this on! (Spoiler: it's a bad argument.)
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Shunryu Suzuki once said that "In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few". I'm never looking for proficiency and mastery. I'm looking for engagement and discovery. Becoming over being.
