For the past few weeks I have noticed that many of my students accidentally call me Ms. Thomas. Although I have never met Ms. Thomas, I know that all of the kids hate her and try to transfer out of her class, so I was curious about the similarity between us. Today I finally asked the kids in my last block why they kept on mistaking me for Ms. Thomas. They said, "Well, Miss, it's 'cause she's white, too." At which point I started laughing a lot and said, "what, are you saying that all white people look the same?"
And...that was the highlight of my day. (I know, lame.)
Tomorrow's highlight? Benchmark testing means I only have to teach for 2 periods!
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it's always been difficult for me to explain why i hated living in puerto rico and mexico, but that's it: i hate being on the receiving end of racial discrimination. i hate being seen through the negatives of my race. or sex for that matter.
but i like the positives.
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