literacy is a struggle

we live in a country that values capital over literacy. If you're an educator you have to have patience. You are in a position that can easily destroy someone's self worth and confidence if your students don't understand something that you do.

there are grown people who should know better. J Cole is one of them- however I am more interested in the climate of education in America than I am in two well-known people having some minor beef with each other.

it's produced some interesting and revealing responses today that I've seen- let me tell you.

I don't know many times I've encountered this from elementary school to college, from teachers- Black, white, and POC.

I had a Black male teacher who continually bragged about how he had a PHD in psychology for a Black studies course who hit on me and pitted his students against each other.

I had a white teacher who told us we had the math skills of 3rd graders in college in my remedial class. I had a Black psych teacher (who was married to a judge) that loved to make an example of me when I didn't understand her material and asked questions.

idk, I guess I just take this shit seriously because literacy and education involves shaping people's confidence and psychological/economic livelihoods.

especially if you're Black, of any gender.