Why Did I Get a B? Quotes

“to be a good teacher is to care very much about people, which is an effective way to get your heart thoroughly broken on the regular.”
― Shannon Reed, Why Did I Get a B?: And Other Mysteries We're Discussing in the Faculty Lounge

“Instead, it had become the center of a Venn diagram of black kids and young white women in New York City.”
― Shannon Reed, Why Did I Get a B?: And Other Mysteries We're Discussing in the Faculty Lounge

“I hate standardized tests—they mislead in demonstrating students’ skills, invalidate perfectly intelligent young people, and mostly test a body of knowledge that is white, straight, middle- or upper-class, and not representative of the majority of students I’ve taught.”
― Shannon Reed, Why Did I Get a B?: And Other Mysteries We're Discussing in the Faculty Lounge