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 | Jul 23, 2009 | Smart-assery, Teaching, Tough Issues |
It is not a good time to be a beginning teacher. Historically, the first people to get laid off are the part-time, substitute, and intern teachers. The term “intern” essentially means “contracted while we feel like it”. At any point the intern...
by Matt Vaudrey | Feb 21, 2008 | Teaching, Tough Issues |
TO: Counselor FROM: Mr. Vaudrey SENT: Thu 2/21/2008 8:16 PM Hey, Justin. This is Mr. Vaudrey, Carl’s math teacher at Edgewood Middle School. I wanted to tell you about my interaction with Carl today. Due to a field trip, I had Carl for the ENTIRE day, and he had...