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FeaturedRookie Diaries #1 – The Steep Learning Curve
A week ago, I had a dream in which I was digging for gold. I sank the shovel into the soil and dug until the metal hit the wooden box. Finally, after throwing away the last pile of dirt to the side, I looked back at the spot beneath me, only to find it filled once again. With a brief sigh, I squared my shoulders and started shoveling all over again. And again… and again.
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FeaturedA Story About Me: “Normal” Vs. “Abnormal”
Our society is obsessed with categorizing things. It seems like everything has to go in neat little boxes for us to examine and understand. Within that realm, there’s a category for “normalcy,” and for things considered “abnormal.” The latter carries a negative connotation, one that made it difficult for me even to use that word.
It’s no secret that “abnormal” is a word commonly used by our society to refer to people with disabilities. I hear the kids yell the word at each other in the hallways, and I listen to adults using the word to insult others.
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The Intersectionality Between Social and Medical Models of Disability
I love Molly Burke. She’s a young, smart, and beautiful Youtuber who also happens to be blind. Ms. Burke’s candid conversations about blindness with curious non-blind Youtubers are always insightful. Molly is not the girl stereotyped blind person who see depicted on television. She comes up as a self-assured, intelligent, and ambitious young lady.
Therefore, Molly’s video “Meet My Eye Doctor” came into my mind when I was asked by my professor to write about the differences between social and medical models of disabilities. I think Molly’s candidness and her self-reflection can teach us a lot about how social and medical models can sometimes merge, good or bad.
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Rookie Diaries 3 : Adults in High School – Co-Teaching for a First-Year Teacher
During the last three months, I have been navigating my first year teaching and my first co-teaching experience carefully. Most times, I have no idea what I’m doing or what I should be doing to be the best teacher I can possibly be to the students. In the process, I am also learning the importance of building community, and I’m realizing that community means a lot to me.
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Rookie Diaries #2 – A Grain Of Self-Care
Lately, I feel like I’m losing a handle on my mental health. It has been a challenge to be a college student, a teacher, and caring for the people who depend on me. My self-care took the backseat, and I was starting to feel intense amounts of anxiety. I shared these feelings with a close friend, who’s also a former Fellow and a teacher, hoping that she would give me some sound advice to help me manage the stress.
“The cigar is strong, but we got to smoke it,” she said, in true Latina fashion.
I curled my lips.
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