I'm on the run today, and want to leave a more meaningful comment on the article itself, but a quick one: it definitely resonates!! Thank you for sharing it!
I feel all of this. As a professor (who was undiagnosed ND at the time), I taught my students to focus on the messiness of research and to prioritize process over product. I gave feedback in green and purple (not red), and I limited the feedback to a couple things to focus on while always saying something hopeful first. Finally, I stopped grading altogether. My students and I practiced “ungrading” my last several years and we decided together what learning outcomes would be and how they would be assessed. I was building Neuroinclusive community without even realizing it. And in retrospect, I was a fucking incredible teacher who needed accommodations, too. I broke rules all the time to help my students and to nurture a love of learning. But the system is broken. It needs to be burnt down and reimagined. No wonder you hated school. I did, too.
The system is definitely in a broken state... And it seems like you were an incredible teacher despite the lack of support or accommodations.
You remind me of one teacher, in my entire fucking educational experience, that actually embodied a love for learning...I still think of him regularly.
I know many of your students have already told you, but on behalf of all the ND folks that sat in your classroom, they resoundingly say: thank you!!!!!!!!!!!
If you haven’t read this, I think it will resonate!
https://open.substack.com/pub/sarcrassticselfcare/p/i-didnt-know-shit-about-fuck-and?r=5mluko&utm_medium=ios
I'm on the run today, and want to leave a more meaningful comment on the article itself, but a quick one: it definitely resonates!! Thank you for sharing it!
I feel all of this. As a professor (who was undiagnosed ND at the time), I taught my students to focus on the messiness of research and to prioritize process over product. I gave feedback in green and purple (not red), and I limited the feedback to a couple things to focus on while always saying something hopeful first. Finally, I stopped grading altogether. My students and I practiced “ungrading” my last several years and we decided together what learning outcomes would be and how they would be assessed. I was building Neuroinclusive community without even realizing it. And in retrospect, I was a fucking incredible teacher who needed accommodations, too. I broke rules all the time to help my students and to nurture a love of learning. But the system is broken. It needs to be burnt down and reimagined. No wonder you hated school. I did, too.
The system is definitely in a broken state... And it seems like you were an incredible teacher despite the lack of support or accommodations.
You remind me of one teacher, in my entire fucking educational experience, that actually embodied a love for learning...I still think of him regularly.
I know many of your students have already told you, but on behalf of all the ND folks that sat in your classroom, they resoundingly say: thank you!!!!!!!!!!!