Title: I am in love with my Students and what we Create

10.21.13

None of MY kids will become statistics
They will master linguistics
And know how to code switch like the back of their hand
Because the white man still rules, baby
So we'll learn and teach each other how to make it
You will rule the world one day
“If I ruled the world, I'd free all my sons”

You're free in here, honies
We are free in this classroom together
It's not about being observed
Being criticized for how I talk to you that bothers me
It's that these people are invading our world
But like we learn in the room,
We will respect each other,
Strangers in our land included
Because we know that the Earth is the only place humans can survive
There are aliens out there
In here, there is love

A classroom of love, kindness, focus, and growth
It's truly special isn't it?
What we built?
Look at this fort of our intertwined loves and energies
It creates a canvas that is Room 152 in Primary Academy
We have our love on the map
Here in Eastern Market, Detroit
Yes, I love you

A new week
Another day
I know we will grow together
You teach me more than you know
You help me become a more refined person
Because when I breathe inspiration to you,
You breathe it back to me
The things you say
The way you see the world
Don't grow up yet my babies

We will enforce AND follow the rules in here
We will laugh, cry, bleed, eat, hunger, push through, and overcome
All that we already have

Meeting human needs in the same space
The same windowless classroom
Purple walls
Full of color
Art you all made
It's beautiful in here!
Our little planet on this Earth
WE MADE THIS!
Haha, it's home!
8 hours of the day
Confined in these spaces
No, not confinement is occurring here
Because we are free
To dance
To move
To eat
To play
With a little rabbit
To play tag by breaking the rules
To play teacher with the yardstick

You are all so beautiful to watch
You are all so beautiful to listen to

I love you
I will embed everything I know within you
So you can wrap your mind around your questions
And have answers
Even at ages 5-8

You amaze me every day
One day, when you're ready, I'll tell you all the tears I swallowed in front of you
So that you wouldn't be confused by what was starting to make me cry
And this is what it was:
Simply put,
You amaze me
Each and every day
The things you say
The way you treat each other
How beautiful you are
You are all my shining stars
Going very far