"No hay manera de escapar a la filosofía […] Quien rechaza la filosofía profesa también una filosofía pero sin ser consciente de ella." Karl Jaspers, filósofo y psiquiatra. "There is no escape from philosophy. Anyone who rejects philosophy is himself unconsciously practising a philosophy." [Karl Jaspers, Way to Wisdom 12 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1951)]

Every kid needs a champion

Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to like the kids." Her response: "Kids don't learn from people they don’t like.’” A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.
Rita F. Pierson has spent her entire life in or around the classroom, having followed both her parents and grandparents into a career as an educator.

"We are listening to policy that does not make sense, and we teach anyway"

No dejes de saber por qué fueron tantos antiguos alumnos al funeral de la madre de Rita Pierson, quien fue también profesora.  No dejes de saber lo que Rita contesta a su compañera cuando le dice "No me pagan para que me gusten los chicos a los que enseño".  

"Estamos escuchando políticas sin sentido pero, en cualquier caso, enseñamos"