Test results are viewed as ultimate truths
Dysfunction is rampant in a broken system.
Mediocrity rules the day.
The ills of society have seeped into each day in every classroom.
Politicians and bureaucrats trump teachers in the trenches.
We believe lies and turn a blind eye to honesty.
Teachers feel like disposable and disrespected garbage.
What can we do?
It's tempting to sell out.
Or keep silent.
Or buy the party line.
Or ignore the reality.
Or feel paralyzed by fear.
Instead I say
Let's start a revolution
{Just love your students}
Meet each individual
right where they are.
{Just love your students}
It's going to be messy
and imperfect
and unpopular
and lonely
{Just love your students}
It's going to break your heart
over and over again.
{Just love your students}
You are a revolutionary
{Just love your students}
~Poetry by Brave Teacher Mim