Nov
9th
2016
Be The America You Want To See · 9:00am Nov 9th, 2016
Grace. That is my watchword for tomorrow. I will be among students and peers. There will be some that will be uncertain, or angry, or afraid. Demonstrate grace. Start small. Let them see and understand and, hopefully, learn. Small steps. Make my community stronger by affecting the lowest denominator, those that are rejected from the norm to learn on the fringe.
The world is such a big, big place, and my place in it is a very, very small one. But teaching matters, and demonstrating grace in the face of defeat may be the most important lesson I teach in the coming days.
Negative. Panic.
I like when leftists are honest and out themselves. You guys put in a lot of effort being insufferable enough to provoke such a strong refutation.
Anyway I'll take my petty vengeance where I can get it. Like a shopping list in reverse. Scratch one.
4291934 I am a teacher. My students are going to look to me for cues on how to react to the situation. That is the nature of my job and position. I do not believe in undue political influence or telling them how to feel. I will be choosing to act with grace and kindness because it is better than the hurt and anger and fear I really feel. Because I feel those things, but they are at-risk kids who live every day like that. For them, school can be an escape to normality. I will not be something that damages that perception or feeling. Hopefully, they will choose to act as I do in moments of loss, rather than lashing out.
That is all.
4291934 I don't understand the last portion of your comment. Are you angry at me for some reason, and therefore indicating that you're going to exact some kind of vengeance? Damn am I confused, simply because I don't get why you would be hostile to me, so I feel like I am misunderstanding you.
Jesus I misinterpreted this completely. When you said "demonstrate" among students and peers I figured it was insinuating Black Lives Matter style freeway blockage alongside other university students or rock and egg throwing at foot and vehicle traffic and police. Which is what I've come to expect from the left given its frequency of occurrence leading up to the election--their verbiage and actions have been two separate things. That you're trying to remain professional and mitigate political influence on your students is admirable. Complete assumption and misreading on my part.
The second part alluded to unfollowing you after assuming the first part--an error, I realize now. That you're hurt or angry is fine, I guess. The fear though I think is unfounded. What's actually going to happen is law and order, but that's just my opinion. It will eventually play out that we dodged a bullet, and it's already starting to: https://www.rt.com/news/365966-putin-trump-congratulates-victory/
Like clockwork.
https://www.facebook.com/bmactv/videos/1141730129214742/
4292511 Hey, thanks! We may disagree, but we can still be cool to each other. Thanks for communicating with me effectively!
You're most welcome--it didn't sit right with me at all that I'd caused you to interpret I was threatening you. In the future I'll try to just be more plainspoken.