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Ann Miller replied to the topic My Original Post Came Out as a Reply to Marla…Let's Do This Again.. in the forum We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom – 2021 Summer Seminar Responses 2 years, 11 months ago
Hello, Kelly–
Your schooling and now your school sounds amazing. I guess my schooling is getting further and further away to remember specifics about it, but your schooling sounds like you really learned to use your voice. And now teaching in a private school all girls is almost the opposite of what I teach. I am interested to learn what the…[Read more]
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Ann Miller started the topic Silence and Voice in the forum We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom – 2021 Summer Seminar Responses 2 years, 11 months ago
Growing up and most of my life I lived in a small town in California. The city of Sacramento was an hour away. It might have been a thousand miles away then. My life revolved around my family, band, 4-H, track and field, and my animals. In school I was always busy. I am the youngest of four siblings, so my voice was already identified for me.…[Read more]
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Ann Miller replied to the topic Once a Wildcat, Always a Wildcat. in the forum We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom – 2021 Summer Seminar Responses 2 years, 11 months ago
Hi, Tiffany–I think that is great that you get to teach at the same high school that you went to years ago. I always wanted to teach at the high school I attended. I did not work out for me. I work in a city about an hour from where I grew up. I drive by the school now and wonder if it worked out for the best. It was a small school then…it…[Read more]
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Ann Miller replied to the topic On Austrian Soil Reflection #2 in the forum On Austrian Soil – 2021 Summer Seminar Responses 3 years, 9 months ago
Hi, Julia–I believe you were in the Stamped book study group with me too. I, too, think about the immediate connection with Sondra’s book and what is happening now. I, too, have done a lot of educating of my older white female friends. Many of them are so angry–not with me–but the fact they did not realize it oe know things until now. I tell…[Read more]
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Ann Miller replied to the topic Pedagogy of Hope Essay II in the forum On Austrian Soil – 2021 Summer Seminar Responses 3 years, 9 months ago
Hello, Staci–I am in awe to your openness and vulnerability of your post. To describe yourself as someone as not having advantages but burdens. I am envious of you in the fact that you are a teacher of color. I am a white woman. What do I know? What can I say that has any right to express my opinion over you or anyone else? Of course,…[Read more]
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Ann Miller started the topic Reflection two for "On Austrian Soil" in the forum On Austrian Soil – 2021 Summer Seminar Responses 3 years, 9 months ago
First, I cannot believe the amount of communication Sondra and her students had with each other back and forth. I think that it was amazing how they were able to be dive deep with each other with personal questions. I am drawn to several passages, but especially to page 198 when Sondra says, “…I can no longer identify only with the victims. I…[Read more]
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Ann Miller replied to the topic Pedagogy of Discomfort in the forum On Austrian Soil – 2021 Summer Seminar Responses 3 years, 9 months ago
Hi, Staci–I love the quotes you chose and your reflections, but I especially liked your artistic rendering of the quote by Sondra. I loved how you brought in zentangle and watercolors and how through the image of knitting created a blanket of love in multi-colors. I like to bring in art into my classroom with arts integration. Do you do arts…[Read more]
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Ann Miller replied to the topic Response-ability in the forum On Austrian Soil – 2021 Summer Seminar Responses 3 years, 9 months ago
I chose this quote as one of my quotes as well. To be response-able. To have response-ability. To have the ability to respond. I think so many people struggle with responding to people who have differing opinions. Why are they saying what they say? Is it because they don’t realize they are making a racist remark? Or what they are saying is…[Read more]
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Ann Miller started the topic Reflection one for "On Austrian Soil" in the forum On Austrian Soil – 2021 Summer Seminar Responses 3 years, 9 months ago
Reflection one, pages xi-104–
First off, I am drawn into the writing with Sondra’s voice. The storytelling features of sensory details holds me captivated with the reading. The descriptions of locations and people along with flashbacks to her family growing up and her ancestry. I am drawn to page 5 about writing, “We begin that first night,…[Read more]
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Ann Miller started the topic Greetings from California in the forum 2021 Summer Seminar Participant Introductions 3 years, 11 months ago
My name is Ann Miller, and I live in Carmichael, California which is basically Sacramento. That makes me a Central Californian. I do not live close to the beach unless we are talking about Folsom or Tahoe lake. This last year I taught three sections of English 10 Honors, one section of English 10 Core (regular). and one section of Creative…[Read more]
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