A letter from Nov 8th, 2021

Dear FutureMe, Omg 5 years have passed! I hope you are thriving, and you are loving your job as an elementary teacher. Remember when you were so anxious to start your career and would sometimes feel frustrated because you thought it was taking forever to graduate? Well, look at you you’re finally doing it! I am so proud of you. Also, I hope that you are applying social justice into your classrooms, just like we learned in our SOSE 3306 Nieto & Bode textbook. You should be teaching your students that they are all equal no matter their race, ethnicity, social class, language use, gender and gender identity, ****** orientation, religion, ability, and other social and human differences. You should be teaching students to advocate for social justice inside and outside of the classroom, but you should inform them about what’s going on in the world. I hope that you are making a difference and making your students feel accomplished and creating a safe space for them to express themselves. Remember that you are teaching the future so make sure that you are inspiring your students to go above and beyond no matter what stereotypes say of them… remind them that they are capable of doing anything and everything they put their mind to. Keep going, you're doing great!!!!!