In an effort to create a culture within my classroom where students feel safe sharing the intimacies of their own silences, I have four core principles posted on the board that sits in the front of my class, which every student signs at the beginning of the year: read critically, write consciously, speak clearly, tell your truth.

Who has to have a soapbox when all you've ever needed is your voice?

We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to the things they don't.

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