Why not ask a teacher?

 I am an educator because I love learning. I have always loved learning. I was always the kid who would rather read at recess and my mom drunk-dialed me in college. I love learning so much that I am now in my second masters' program, and if I could go to school forever I would.  But the more time I spend teaching, the more I realize that our education system is not serving our most vulnerable students. That, no matter how much I care, no matter hard I work, my personal impact in the classroom will be minimal because I operate within a flawed system. A system that does not provide the necessary resources for me to truly support all of the learners in my classroom. A system that expects me, as the teacher, to make up for its deficits. A system that has been built to emulate the learning styles of the white elite male, to uplift those who are already on top. A system with such a narrow definition of success that it leaves the vast majority of students (and teachers) feeling ina...