I’ve met tons of teachers over the years who are woke AF and can’t teach a lick. Please don’t use revolutionary rhetoric to mask your lack of pedagogical skills, uninformed practices, and lazy instruction.
Sharif El-Mekki
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Sharif El-Mekki
@selmekki
BPP Cub. Activist. Educator. Student of #NidhamuSasa, Overbrook HS & Qom, Iran. 1/3 of #FreedomFriday Founded: @fellowshipbmec @CenterBlackEd @Phillys7thWard
- Replying to @whoismjgeorgeOnly hit dogs holla. The unhit ones nod and reflect.
- Was out so grabbed a coffee. As I’m driving home, wife calls me and asks where am I and if I got her something. Bewildered, I make a u-turn. She says, “the receipt that came to my email doesn’t look like you got enough for everyone in the house.” 😂 I’m back at the coffee shop
- My younger daughter just asked me, with all earnest and seriousness, if I used feathers and ink to write when I was younger. She wrong for that there
- Did your teacher prep program teach you about dope Black educators? When all you learn are theories of Horace/Skinner, etc but erase folks who were the best at teaching Black kids you’re at the deficit levels, not the kids. @CenterBlackEd #SchoolToActivismPipeline #FreedomSchools
00:00 - Replying to @selmekkiThe most revolutionary thing to be is a great teacher and Educator. And, trust me I love great rhetoric. I love literate and numerate Black & Brown children even more. #DontHideBehindRhetoric
- Ya Allah. I pray she always looks at me like that. How humbling, inspirational, and joyful to think about it and work towards it.
- Ok…lookin’ to see whose childhood was really lit. Who is this? Who read and/or had all these jawns read to them at school and/or home.
- Here we go! We got our lil assistants now #BlackBeekeepers #BlackFarmers #BlackTwitter @black_beekeeper @hood_naturalist
- Out of all the places to write in her diary, why here? Seriously! Why?! 😂 Can’t even reflect in peace. 😆
- Only two percent of teachers are black men, yet research confirms they matter
- Replying to @selmekkiWe need a whole lot of things, & we must continue to fight for them, but please fight for great teacher prep & great instruction as well. Tell me what you gonna do. Naw, show me what yaw are gonna do. #LiberatingEducation #EDJustice
- Replying to @selmekkiIf your rhetoric doesn’t improve achievement - the students and yours, you’re just yappin’ which is easy
