Articles for My Teacher

Column | Strength of a snowflake
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Column | Strength of a snowflake

The Hindu  

Many years ago, when I was in school, I had a teacher who found it very difficult to be kind to me. He looked at me and said, ‘It is a good thing you have a pleasant looking face because here it is all empty.’ Everyone laughed, including me. For the next couple of months, even when I worked up …

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Excerpt: This Kind of Child by K Srilata
2 years ago

Excerpt: This Kind of Child by K Srilata

Hindustan Times  

K Srilata: What follows are snippets from an informal chat I had with a group of four sixteen-year-old students of Sankalp, an open school based in Chennai, for children with Specific Learning Disabilities. In my old school, they would stop me from participating in extracurricular activities because I wasn’t a good student. At my old school, they used to punish …

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Gun violence hearing: Chilling moments of testimony about mass shootings
2 years, 7 months ago

Gun violence hearing: Chilling moments of testimony about mass shootings

LA Times  

Miguel Cerrillo, father of a student who survived the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, tears up as he testifies Wednesday during a House committee hearing. Yet they are displaying incredible courage by coming here to ask us to do our jobs.” Here are four major moments from the hearing: × In a prerecorded video, Miah Cerrillo …

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Commanding officer who ordered delayed response to Uvalde massacre did not have police radio
2 years, 7 months ago

Commanding officer who ordered delayed response to Uvalde massacre did not have police radio

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The chief law enforcement …

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James W. Loewen, wrote 'Lies My Teacher Told Me,' dead at 79
3 years, 4 months ago

James W. Loewen, wrote 'Lies My Teacher Told Me,' dead at 79

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy James W. Loewen, whose million-selling “Lies My Teacher …

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Children who accuse their teachers of racism should never be ignored. I should know, I was that child
5 years, 2 months ago

Children who accuse their teachers of racism should never be ignored. I should know, I was that child

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Earlier this week, Katharine Birbalsingh – headteacher of London’s Michaela Community School …

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Imparting confidence
5 years, 7 months ago

Imparting confidence

Deccan Chronicle  

On a fine Tuesday morning, Gayathri Rashmi Nair is on her way to a summer camp in Thiruvananthapuram. In the upcoming workshop titled Rhetoric 2.0, she will be discussing different aspects of public speaking. “We will teach them basic body language, content building exercises and language presentation skill,” says Gayathri, who has been into public speaking since her school days. …

Speaking Public My Teacher Gayathri