Episode 165 | The Stories Only Your Students Can Tell
Every day, teachers ask students to write.
But how often do we ask them to write the stories that only they can tell?
In this solo episode of Our Classroom, Roberto Germán reflects on a question that emerged while preparing for a workshop on poetry, identity, and place: What stories are we inviting students to preserve?
Too often, writing becomes an exercise in compliance—responding to prompts, meeting standards, or completing assignments. But writing can also become an act of remembering, honoring, and preserving the people, places, and experiences that shape who we are.
In this episode…
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