Summer has come and gone and school is back in session. I begin job tomorrow, teaching at a new school and a new grade level. For years I've taught at the high school level...and now I'm going to teach at the elementary level. I'm excited for this change in my life, but totally scared to death, as I have no idea what to expect! I hope for support from the other teachers and my new administrator... That would make this year awesome. I hope that I can create the environment that will get students to have confidence in themselves and to want to learn...and to want to dream, to dream big... I can't help but be excited for this new change, although a part of me is still wishing to be back at the school that I've been teaching at for years... The kids that I served and those whom I didn't, but knew, the teachers that I worked with (most of them), the school building, the noises during class, the smells...sometimes the smells aren't real nice, but I'll still miss it.
Silence won.
Silence... That’s what Oklahoma heard yesterday in its primary and state question elections. Not sure what I mean? Look at the horrible turnout for yesterday’s primary races and the proposed state question in Oklahoma. The turnout should alarm everyone. In the Democratic primary for Governor, only 172,366 voted out of 564,700 registered Democrats (30%). In the Republican primary for Governor, only 402,917 voted out of 1,207,548 registered Republicans (33%). For state question 832, only 630,085 voted out of 2.2M+ total registered voters (28%). It doesn’t matter what party you belong to or where you stand on the issues, every single Oklahoman should find this troubling. It's easy to look at political outcomes and feel frustrated. I get it, really, I do. I have been frustrated a lot but seeing the turnout so low… makes me angry. I don’t care if it’s a major election or primary election, we must show up. We can't build a better Oklahoma when most of us leave the dec...
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