by Laurie | Nov 2, 2017 | Blog, Child's Experiences, Education, Public School, Uncategorized
In one of my first posts of the school year, I discussed how we as educators each find our tipping point for intolerable acts regarding children. At the end of the article I described the tensions of being mixed-race during the start of school integration, and a...
by Laurie | Oct 2, 2017 | Abused Children, Blog, Child's Experiences, Education, Public School, Trauma Recovery
In my second blog I told the true story about a gang of boys dragging me to the “pussy-bushes” in 3rd grade Then came 5th grade when a lone troubled boy stalked me in the hallways at recess, using the packed passageways as cover as he repeatedly...
by Laurie | Sep 5, 2017 | Death, Public School, Trauma Recovery
I wasn’t sure for a moment whether to laugh or cry because I failed to save a draft before an “open-tab-over-load” forced me to reboot. Thanks (or maybe no thanks) to Google docs my brain now assumes everything is being backed up automatically, so my...
by Laurie | Aug 31, 2017 | Public School, Race Experience
(This is my yearbook photo from 9th grade) Berkeley Unified was one of the first districts in the country to integrate “by choice”. That sounds terrific. They didn’t need a court to order them to do as I mentioned in my post, Reality Check. Even...
by Laurie | Aug 29, 2017 | Colleges & Universities, Public School, Race Experience
(None of My Brothers or Sister Went College…and that is Truly a Shame) The only stress that rivals back-to-school time, is apply-to-college time. For some families, college applications are the culmination of a decade (or more) of preparation, for others,...
by Laurie | Aug 25, 2017 | Abused Children, Public School, Race Experience
(My Father is on the far left of the back row) In some families everyone is a cop, or a doctor, or in the military. Well, teacher families are a thing too. My children’s grandmother, grandfather, and mother all joined the education corps, so to speak. I can’t make...
