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Why I Teach

Letting the Inspiration Flow [1]

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Why I Teach [2]

Number 43: Spring 2013 [3]

A spoken word event reveals how teachers and students can inspire each other.

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When Everything Hangs on a Second Chance [5]

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Number 42: Fall 2012 [6]

Beth Hammett found out the hard way that most good things in education hang on giving people second chances.

“I wanted to tell you something,” the student said. “I’ve been in prison, and ...” I held up my hand for him to stop and then replied, “I don’t want to know why you’ve been there.

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Catching Kids Before They Sink [8]

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Number 41: Spring 2012 [9]

Laura Sofen’s inner angry teenager guides her each day as a teacher.

I used to be a bad girl. I was self-destructive, angry and fearless. These traits, coupled with a decent amount of intelligence, took me to all the places bad girls go.

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The Knight and the Cellist [11]

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Number 40: Fall 2011 [12]

Toni Giarnese found inspiration in her job thanks to a disabled boy who looked a lot like a knight in shining armor.

The boy approaches the microphone with a dignified stride. He nods to the cellist seated at center stage and then turns to address the audience that fills the art deco theater.

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Giving Students Room to Run [14]

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Number 39: Spring 2011 [15]

Part of the "Why I Teach" series

In the third grade, near the end of World War II, I learned why I wanted to be a teacher.

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Monsters, Devils and Mary Poppins [17]

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Number 38: Fall 2010 [18]

Part of the "Why I Teach" series.

Halloween is my favorite holiday. When I taught English to immigrant children in Pacoima, California, October was the month for masks and skeletons to teach the parts of the body.

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Monsters, Devils and Mary Poppins (PDF) [19]

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Reason, Purpose & Triumph [21]

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Number 37: Spring 2010 [22]

Part of the Why I Teach essay series.

I never wanted to be a teacher. I hated teachers. Growing up, I told myself I would be a movie star, a famous writer and a media mogul in the tradition of Ted Turner.

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Lies Our Students Tell Themselves [24]

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Number 35: Spring 2009 [25]

Part of the 'Why I Teach' series

"I'm too poor and too black."

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Why I Teach [27]

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Number 34: Fall 2008 [28]

Justice: The Original Worldwide Web

As she spoke, we sat, her classmates and I, with lumps in our throats and salt stinging-eyes:

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[1] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-43-spring-2013/department/letting-inspiration-flow
[2] http://www.tolerance.org/category/department/why-i-teach
[3] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-43-spring-2013
[4] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-43-spring-2013/department/letting-inspiration-flow#comments
[5] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-42-fall-2012/department/when-everything-hangs-second-chance
[6] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-42-fall-2012
[7] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-42-fall-2012/department/when-everything-hangs-second-chance#comments
[8] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-41-spring-2012/department/catching-kids-they-sink
[9] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-41-spring-2012
[10] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-41-spring-2012/department/catching-kids-they-sink#comments
[11] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-40-fall-2011/department/knight-and-cellist
[12] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-40-fall-2011
[13] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/70395#comment-form
[14] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-39-spring-2011/department/giving-students-room-run
[15] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-39-spring-2011
[16] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/56272#comment-form
[17] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-38-fall-2010/department/monsters-devils-and-mary-poppins
[18] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-38-fall-2010
[19] http://www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/general/Why_I_Teach_38.pdf
[20] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/23652#comment-form
[21] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-37-spring-2010/department/reason-purpose-triumph
[22] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-37-spring-2010
[23] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/18372#comment-form
[24] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-35-spring-2009/department/lies-our-students-tell-themselves
[25] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-35-spring-2009
[26] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/11682#comment-form
[27] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-34-fall-2008/department/why-i-teach
[28] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-34-fall-2008
[29] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/11650#comment-form