Do you know what a curriculum slave is? I'm sure you've met one before — perhaps you've been one before. (Or perhaps you're one now, in which case we'll try to help set you free in the course of this post.) A curriculum slave thinks the curriculum is her master, and she has to follow whatever the curriculum says — to the letter. The curriculum slave doesn't allow herself to think about what is best for her students — or even for herself as a teacher. Instead, she exists at the curriculum's beck and call, and when she doesn't fulfill its requirements, she beats herself up.

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