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Trying Not to Fail at Being the Best Human I Can Be

Tag: School Shootings

The Bookshelf In My Room: A Poem on School Shootings, By a Teacher

Posted on May 29, 2022June 28, 2022 by Christian M. Curet

Those books on that shelf in my class,
Those long forgotten anthologies,
Can stop a bullet. Or a whole clip.

The March for Our Lives: As I Come to Grips With My Whiteness, It is Time For White People to Own Theirs.(Updated)

Posted on May 31, 2020May 31, 2020 by Christian M. Curet

I explore why there is such a visceral response to the desire for equality, and my own struggles with my identity as a mixed race person.

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