by Matt Vaudrey | Jan 28, 2010 | Geekdom, Hope, Teaching |
Dear President Obama, I gave you my vote in 2008 and I am still 100% glad that I did. I’ve never doubted you in your 14 months so far and I think you’re fabulous. This is a letter commending your triumphs because you are an easy man to criticize; people love to throw...
by Matt Vaudrey | Jan 4, 2010 | Hope, Teaching, Tough Issues |
I thought I’d heard it all. At first, Jane was just another “problem student” who had trouble focusing. She claimed that she was just hyper, or just had a bunch of candy; the usual excuses. I thought that I had made a breakthrough when she told me she was dyslexic. My...
by Matt Vaudrey | Dec 28, 2009 | Hope, Tough Issues |
UPDATE: 4 JUNE 2021 Yeesh. This post is full of some oblivious white-savior-complex garbage, but I’m leaving it live on my page. It’s important that I don’t erase my ignorance just because I’m now more aware of the intersection between race,...
by Matt Vaudrey | Sep 4, 2008 | Hope, Teaching |
I teach math at a charter school. This school is certainly different; there is an arts emphasis as well as business and college prep emphasis. I teach Geometry, Algebra I and a CaHSEE prep class so students can practice the math that appears on the California High...
