Celebrating, Not Hiding by Emma Otheguy

Incredibly Important story in today’s re-blog………

Nerdy Book Club

I loved my third-grade classroom. I loved having my own cubby, and I thought it was a good coincidence that the top of my desk was the same color as oak tag, my favorite craft supply. There was a paper whale that wrapped around the walls, and there were class parties complete with brownies, cupcakes, and soda every holiday.

It should be a perfect memory: I’m incredibly lucky to have had this classroom, to have gone to a school...