(I realize we're talking race, not sex or gender, and I realize I've come in to make a comment about a link, not the piece itself--but I keep looking at that list of "Notable TFA alumni" and counting the names. There are 25 listed. Four of them--to judge by the names--are women. So, you know, you might not be TFAmous just by dint of being female.)
Well that's some data now, isn't it?! Honestly, the TFAmous people I was talking about were a couple people in the training videos, neither of which are still teaching. "Work hard, get smart, wooh wooh!!!!" #IYKYK And that said, sex and gender are for sure another important layer, particularly when you consider the compounding impacts of white supremacy culture on folx with multiple marginalized identities.
Hi! My sister in law was a TFA teacher in Clarksdale MS 2008-2010. We visited her down there and it was such an eye opening, wonderful experience (white girl from Long Island).
In so many ways. I'd never been to that area. My SIL took us to music spots, restaurants, we went to a Friday night HS football game and the crowd was as into it as when I'm at a Giants game. We also explored, parks and rivers and branched out to Memphis. And we visited her classroom and met her students. I know the area is/was struggling socioeconomically, and it was important to see and really understand that, and I know there's so much more to that than what we saw and I'm really just glossing over the surface. At the same time, we felt so welcomed by those kids and everyone else we met. I'm so glad that we were able to spend time there.
My SIL is now an elementary school teacher up in Maine, near Bar Harbor. Her husband also did TFA with her in Clarksdale and he's a principal at another school on MDI. They loved TFA and I think they're still in touch with other teachers.
(I realize we're talking race, not sex or gender, and I realize I've come in to make a comment about a link, not the piece itself--but I keep looking at that list of "Notable TFA alumni" and counting the names. There are 25 listed. Four of them--to judge by the names--are women. So, you know, you might not be TFAmous just by dint of being female.)
Well that's some data now, isn't it?! Honestly, the TFAmous people I was talking about were a couple people in the training videos, neither of which are still teaching. "Work hard, get smart, wooh wooh!!!!" #IYKYK And that said, sex and gender are for sure another important layer, particularly when you consider the compounding impacts of white supremacy culture on folx with multiple marginalized identities.
Hi! My sister in law was a TFA teacher in Clarksdale MS 2008-2010. We visited her down there and it was such an eye opening, wonderful experience (white girl from Long Island).
I'd love to hear more about what was eye opening! What is your sister in law up to now?
In so many ways. I'd never been to that area. My SIL took us to music spots, restaurants, we went to a Friday night HS football game and the crowd was as into it as when I'm at a Giants game. We also explored, parks and rivers and branched out to Memphis. And we visited her classroom and met her students. I know the area is/was struggling socioeconomically, and it was important to see and really understand that, and I know there's so much more to that than what we saw and I'm really just glossing over the surface. At the same time, we felt so welcomed by those kids and everyone else we met. I'm so glad that we were able to spend time there.
My SIL is now an elementary school teacher up in Maine, near Bar Harbor. Her husband also did TFA with her in Clarksdale and he's a principal at another school on MDI. They loved TFA and I think they're still in touch with other teachers.