Love seems like such a simple thing to ask for. Such a basic right. It takes no skill, no experience, no money, no education, nothing—it can happen to anyone. But it doesn’t happen to everyone. Even though everyone, deep down, wants it.
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“Some people go their whole lives with their eyes closed. They live in darkness and never see light. They never see the error of their ways.”
― Rush
― Rush
“What we need,” said Regina, as if sensing the threat of incoming cheerfulness, “is a neck-tattoo statistic.” They all turned toward her. “They want to send us data like, This many black students passed a test in some other teacher’s class, and this many are passing in your class. And that’s not even the point. I mean, I’m black. Breyonna and Candace are black. We can pass a test.” “Yeah, exactly,” added Lena. “I can pass a test.” “How ’bout you tell me how many thirteen-year-olds with neck tattoos are passing a test in another teacher’s class. Then compare my neck-tattoo kids with their neck-tattoo kids. Then tell me what kind of teacher I am.”
― Adequate Yearly Progress
― Adequate Yearly Progress
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