I don’t get to upset when I ignore Cinco de Mayo or Black History Month. I do the same for Saint Patrick’s Day. I totally forgot about it until I heard someone mention it. That would not be any big problem but I am on my way to a day at middle school with no green on.
The students will not remember when their report is due but they will remember to pinch the teacher. Maybe I should use it as a time to remind them that Saint Patrick had also been a slave and he was not black. Most students still live in the fantasy that slavery was just an American problem. The ignorance is reinforced by the false teaching they get from the ignorant adults in their lives.
So maybe I will get to teach something on Saint Patrick’s Day. I happy and pain free day to you.
homo unius libri
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