From classroom to lip sync battle
From discipline and set up and chaos in the sweltering room dripping with conversations about civil rights activists and coding
From cake to boisterous laughter in a too small room to Rachel Zoe in a cafeteria dance
A revolving door of hats
Solving problems, calming anxieties, handing out consequences, building up self esteems, dancing, singing, cheering, modeling
All in one day.
Friday the thirteenth
Sonia Chintha is an Indian American writer who lives in the Washington DC area. She blogs, writes poetry, and fiction. She is also an English teacher who believes that our experiences teach us more than any test. She is the founder and co-editor of Good Little Girls.
From classroom to lip sync battle From discipline and set up and chaos in the sweltering room dripping with conversations about civil rights activists and
today I sat at a table
rectangular in shape
long and wide
with seven white people in power
next to the other person of color at the table
“You got fat,” he said. “You got fat, grandpa,” I say but I know it’s not true, he’s not fat am I? When was the
My silence seemed like abandonment, neglect, angry to you on those days when I asked for a reprieve, a moment to gather, mourn, feel. It