I’ve been scanning and organizing old photos.

This is from teaching summer school at Cleveland Heights.  The photos look like one of those “White savior” teacher movies where the young White woman is teaching the urban kids that society has given up on.  She sees something of value in each and every one, and somehow, ignites a love of learning.

Teaching a bunch of Black kids at an urban school wasn’t like that, but if they make a movie, I want to be played by Gwyneth Paltrow.

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