{"id":1605,"date":"2016-11-08T22:53:15","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T05:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theamericancrawl.com\/?p=1605"},"modified":"2016-11-08T23:01:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T06:01:03","slug":"our-teaching-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theamericancrawl.com\/?p=1605","title":{"rendered":"Our Teaching Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The election hasn&#8217;t been officially called, but I&#8217;m embedding a series of tweets that will stand regardless of any hail-mary shifts in the coming hours.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Teachers will lead a lot of difficult discussions in months ahead AND will also need to organize around completely uncertain ed policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Antero Garcia (@anterobot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anterobot\/status\/796218980713295873\">November 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nOther than saying he&#8217;ll shut down the department of ed (&amp; classroom effects of walls\/immigration\/etc.), there is no sense of what&#8217;s to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Antero Garcia (@anterobot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anterobot\/status\/796219319130685441\">November 9, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">And considering how big a factor non-college-educated demographics played in this election, I can&#8217;t imagine higher ed is in better position.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Antero Garcia (@anterobot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anterobot\/status\/796220034356039680\">November 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nAnd so teachers have 3-fold burden:<br \/>\n1. triage harm now<br \/>\n2. organize around labor issues<br \/>\n3. educate for future critical, civic engagement.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Antero Garcia (@anterobot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anterobot\/status\/796220327433031684\">November 9, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nTeacher ed programs need to be intentionally political &#8211; there&#8217;s no hiding after tonight.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Antero Garcia (@anterobot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anterobot\/status\/796221157108252675\">November 9, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ours is an increasingly vulnerable profession and never more important than right now in guiding the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Antero Garcia (@anterobot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anterobot\/status\/796221373295296512\">November 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nEVERY issue of bigotry that is placing Trump where he is. We need to own that burden in our classrooms and our pedagogies.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Antero Garcia (@anterobot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anterobot\/status\/796221771343134720\">November 9, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pundits get the luxury of talking about WHY this happened. Teachers? We get the responsibility of cleaning up the ideological mess we&#8217;re in.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Antero Garcia (@anterobot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anterobot\/status\/796222730836254720\">November 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nAnd while the demographics point to whiteness turning this election, our classrooms are so diverse. We need to teach with hope &amp; dignity.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Antero Garcia (@anterobot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anterobot\/status\/796223235075543041\">November 9, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fear&#8217;s been factor for so many of our students during this election &#8211; racism, sexism, homophobia (and more). Civics are about to change.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Antero Garcia (@anterobot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anterobot\/status\/796223595244638208\">November 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nThis election is a reminder that EVERY teacher is a civics teacher. This isn&#8217;t a choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Antero Garcia (@anterobot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anterobot\/status\/796223716044767232\">November 9, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It looks likely that the definition of what being an &#8220;American&#8221; and being a &#8220;citizen&#8221; is going to tighten in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Antero Garcia (@anterobot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anterobot\/status\/796224539684438018\">November 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nHow will YOU talk about that with students that Trump has directly targeted through his words (and likely his policies)?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Antero Garcia (@anterobot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anterobot\/status\/796224705237843968\">November 9, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How will YOU talk about your responsibility as a civics teacher with your colleagues down the hall?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Antero Garcia (@anterobot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anterobot\/status\/796224916903395328\">November 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nThe plus side: we have a LOT of allies in this work &#8212; from the students in our classes to parents to local businesses and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Antero Garcia (@anterobot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anterobot\/status\/796225825469267968\">November 9, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is a reminder for marginalized populations that our existence&#8211;our identities&#8211;are seen as a threat. 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