The political nature of teaching has been the topic of many conversations among my circle of friend. What makes a great teacher? What qualities do they possess? For me, it has always been a clear picture in my head, painted by all the models of good and bad over the years. During student teaching, I encountered a master teacher who was just teaching the kids to pass a test. It was since that moment that I have striven to be more than a facilitator for a test. I want to be the change that I constantly read about. I do not want to be the teacher that categorizes my students based on race or gender and then decided that I cannot "deal" with them in my room any more. My classroom is a safe haven, where any child can rise to the occasion with the proper motivation.
Yet, all of this discussion about gender or race makes me wonder, how did politics find its way into our classrooms?
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