Teaching has always been, for me, linked to issues of social justice. I've never considered it a neutral or passive profession.
Part of the fun of writing, touring, teaching, is engaging with real people about all of it: what to do now, how to build a movement, of approaches to teaching, of parenting - it's exciting to be in that dialogue.
The idea that teaching is somehow the delivery of the goods is such a misunderstanding of what actually goes on.
What we need is a gigantic, messy community conversation about what is teaching and learning for the 21st century. We need to engage communities.
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