This is the second episode “Kicking the Copier”: a series of shorter solo episodes where we offer not a solution necessarily but rather an idea for teachers, akin to a copier kick, based on our own experience and thinking. These won’t be long, under 10 minutes, but we hope they can be valuable in offering ideas and also potentially beginning conversations around topics worth having conversations about. Because sometimes kicking the broken copier works, right? 

Today’s topic: a reflection by Marcus on two questions he intends to ask himself daily going into the new school year—questions that he believes can help cut through all the responsibilities and distractions a teacher has to navigate within the classroom. And two questions that, if answered, make the classroom much better for students.

As always, thanks to the following: Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

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