TFA has a few essential qualities that they look for in prospective CMs, and I memorized them when I was interviewing (yes, I did — see my “applying?” page for how ridiculously over-prepared I was for my interview). I don’t remember them any more, but I think that TFA should definitely add resilience to its…
read more »For the first time, I’ve begun to think of my job from my students’ perspective. This shift in perspective happened yesterday when I was working at school. It was Sunday morning, and the hallways were pitch black because there was nobody at school except for me. I know those hallways backwards and forwards, so I…
read more »We received a copy of this poem today. It was written by Elizabeth Ficken, who’s a 2011 CM at the ∆ Institute this summer! You will not tell me That my beautiful black beaming children Will not read You will not tell me That my beautiful black beaming children Will not write You will not…
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