This is a long but very good essay about one person experience with teach for America. He taught an elementary school in a poor section of Baltimore. I should add most of Baltimore is poor and black
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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @premitive1 21 May 2024
Having worked as a substitute teacher in the local public school system for a few years, I particularly enjoyed this essay, but I wonder if it's true.
A part of me thinks it's fiction. Another part of me has had similar experiences.
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13 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve OP 21 May 2024
Which parts seem fictional?
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @premitive1 21 May 2024
The characters seem too archetypical.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve OP 22 May 2024
Most of the stereotypes about Baltimore and black people are true
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