This is what one of my students wrote about me and I have decided that it’s how I want to be known for the rest of my life:
“You are the loudest teacher I have ever had. It’s not only your voice that’s loud, although nobody would ever call you a ‘low-talker,’ but everything about you is loud. The way you dress, the way you express your ideas about the books we’re reading, and the way you call on us to make sure we make our own ideas are heard is inescapable. We learned within the first two weeks that we couldn’t hide from you. You learned our names and you asked us to step up. Nobody (except that one girl and then only once) ever put her head on the desk and that’s because you demanded that we were fully present. When you told her that she couldn’t do that in your class we all heard you, loud and clear.
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