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#Failure

We read this during staff training today. It’s upsetting how true it is.

Failure Dance
Alfred Tatum

It is common knowledge among many African American adolescent males
     that teachers use us as training grounds
Although your intentions are good, we know that you do not want to be
     around us for long.
you will cut out when a better teaching opportunity presents itself. (I would,
     too!)
We sit in the classroom squandering and acting out with substitute after
     substitute as you continue to collect your paychecks.
This is not hidden from our eyes.
We experience your abandonment as we abandon ourselves.
We know what you say when you go home and talk about those black
     boys in those schools.
We hear the voices of your spouse and parents who tell you that you need
     to get out as soon as possible.
They do not understand why you put up with that lost generation (or
     whatever names they call us).
We know this.
We are not lost. We are right here, but you fail to see us. We hardly see
     ourselves.
You have to prove yourself to us before we give you the chance.
Maybe it should not be this way, but we lack the emotional maturity to act
     otherwise.
You are not teaching me anything with your skill and drill sheets
     that require little or no thought to plan.
You simply make copies, pass the sheets along, and voice how I need to be
     serious about my future.
You are banking on those pages to help shape my future while you are
     planning a way to abandon me for your own future — your own inner
     sanity. How can I take you seriously when you do not take yourself
     seriously?
But, we got each other so I guess we will continue the failure dance until
     the new administration comes.
You will escape or leave and we will remain trapped.
Good luck at your next interview when you share your inner-city teaching
     experience with the hiring team at your new school.
They will be impressed, while we remain oppressed.