The Freire Project

I don’t want be just another kevetcher on the Olympic bandwagon, but we’ve been given so much to work with.  At first, I wanted to do a short piece, Charlie and the Inukshuk Factory.  It was to be based on my recent landings at the Vancouver Airport, only to be overwhelmed by the plastic and wooden Native simulacrum, and carwash brush-esque flag bombardment (printed with tribal symbols).  After dodging the “bring your tired, your poor and your humbled travelers to the res” themed baggage claim area, I was going to rant on about the neglected state of the urban reserve on Hastings, and Vancouver’s attempt to cover up the needs of our First Nations people.  But that sounded so bitt

After several months absence to student teach and hunt down substitute teaching jobs I find myself updating my blog when I should be working on my comprehensive exit examination for my graduate school.

I've had a lot of time to reflect on my student teaching experience and one of the best outcomes is that I really enjoyed the experience. I had feared throughout my pre-service experience that I would get into the classroom and find that I wasn't really into it. Fortunately, I had a lot of fun and I hope the kids did too. Now I get to be an unemployed social studies teacher.

Hi all,
The Freire Project has a new webmaster! You can contact Giuliana Cucinelli (CritPed Webmaster) HERE
I've loved being the Freire Webmaster, and it was a rare privilege to help build this vital, necessary community. Long may it prosper.
As Joe would say, In Solidarity,
David
Freire Webmaster