A spiritual seeker surviving middle school art teaching.
Dispatches from the front lines of public education, where glitter is currency and chaos is curriculum. It’s burnout, beauty, and breakthroughs—all under fluorescent lights.
I didn’t become a teacher because I love policy. I became a teacher because I love people. Children. Creativity. Transformation. But over time, it became clear: the system isn’t built to support those values—it’s built to extract from them. And the more you care, the more it costs you. In education, the word “calling” is…
Sometimes, the best way to start a revolution is with a warm cup of matcha—and a big dose of mutiny. For years, I swallowed policies that felt like chains disguised as “procedure.” This year, I finally snapped. I fired off an email to the superintendent and the school board about my district’s “Notice Of Renewal”…
(A Love Letter to Educators Who Are Done Being Muzzled, Moved, and Mined for Free Labor) The other night, I was texting my dad and asked if he was ready for retirement. He replied, “I think I still owe the governor.” Same, Dad.Same. I laughed and replied, “F**k him. He has enough of your money.”Then…
For the uninitiated (read: blissfully unaware souls not working in public education), Educator Effectiveness is Wisconsin’s bureaucratic brainchild designed to evaluate teachers. It’s a system allegedly aimed at professional growth but in practice often feels like a twisted game of educational Hunger Games. There are goals to write (so many acronyms it’ll make your head…