Breaking the Silence Quotes

“I have not given up. I have not quit. I have followed my truth, which speaks so loudly from within and is rooted core-deep in my spirit: I deserve a life I love, where I wake up every single day, excited about the possibilities and experiences that await me, and one in which I feel valued, appreciated, and noticed. I”
― M. Shannon Hernandez, Breaking the Silence: My Final Forty Days as a Public School Teacher

“interfering. Because “I teach students, not subjects” is the mantra I live by, my classroom is a place of love, understanding, and forgiveness. They”
― M. Shannon Hernandez, Breaking the Silence: My Final Forty Days as a Public School Teacher

“academics are essential, but critical thinking skills, social skills, and life skills bridge the gap between book knowledge and applied knowledge.”
― M. Shannon Hernandez, Breaking the Silence: My Final Forty Days as a Public School Teacher

“Thus, in spite of every effort we make to succeed, we are doomed to fail, because their policies are not based on classroom realities.”
― M. Shannon Hernandez, Breaking the Silence: My Final Forty Days as a Public School Teacher

“Every year, in every state across the country, politicians and union reps make decisions that detrimentally affect teachers and the profession on a grand scale. They take away our benefits, freeze our pay, and decide they can no longer compensate us for the advanced degrees we have earned. They also continue to find ways to tie our evaluations to test scores, totally oblivious of the fact that we teachers cannot control when or if students show up in our classrooms regularly, if they have had proper rest and a nutritious breakfast, let alone if they are receptive to learning the content we work so hard to prepare and teach. It simply isn’t fair.”
― M. Shannon Hernandez, Breaking the Silence: My Final Forty Days as a Public School Teacher

“After fifteen years of teaching, I see this forgotten week as a symptom of a bigger issue: Teachers in this country are not valued by society. The teacher’s job is seen as less than professional.”
― M. Shannon Hernandez, Breaking the Silence: My Final Forty Days as a Public School Teacher