What do teachers make? They make us who we are…
You want to know what I make? I make kids wonder,
I make them question.
I make them criticize.
I make them apologize and mean it.
I make them write.
I make them read, read, read.
I make them spell definitely beautiful, definitely beautiful, definitely beautiful
over and over and over again until they will never misspell
either one of those words again.
I make them show all their work in math
and hide it on their final drafts in English.
I make them understand that if you’ve got this,
then you follow this,
and if someone ever tries to judge you
by what you make, you give them this.
– Taylor Mali
When I first saw Taylor Mali perform this poem, it brought me to tears, and at the time I had no idea why. But after years of working as a teacher and with teachers…
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