-: I started teaching,
my intention was to go back and teach in the city.
I think the reason I'm such as effective teacher
is because I stay true to my philosophy.
I wanted to go back and teach
not necessarily my content.
I love books.
I'm a nerd.
But that's not a forefront.
It's who I teach that matters,
so I make sure to have a rapport with my students
and that gives me the edge.
That makes them work harder than they normally would
for anybody else.
They work for me.
And I love taking these marginalized groups
and making them pushing the envelope,
making them think critically,
seeing their eyes light up
and oh I didn't realize I can do that.
So I feel like I'm empowering the disenfranchised
and that makes it everything for me.
Most people I think would assume I would say,
"Oh, these kids,"
but when you have a rapport with them,
kids are they're easy peasy.
I feel like it's never,
the kids are never an issue.
You expect kids to be kids.
You give them a look and they're good.
It's the adults.
It's the administration.
I got into teaching to empower the disenfranchised
and sometimes schools they are a bureaucracy.
They operate on middle class values.
My students are not middle class
and that value clash is disheartening.
It further disenfranchises the students often
so I'm fighting other adults
to do what's best for the kids.