Blog: Ruby Hornet

photo by Alexander Richer I had a daily routine when I was teaching 2nd grade in 2005.  I taught in CPS at a terribly underfunded and under performing school.  99% of the students were on free lunch, close to that were below grade level.  I was angry.  Angry about the daily struggles I faced in the classroom, and how I couldn't really help my students with the ones they faced after the final bell rang at 3:15.  When I got home each night, I would take off my teacher's clothes, put on my hoodie, and play [...]