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Sarah Kay on Design Matters with Debbie Millman

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Sarah Kay on Design Matters with Debbie Millman

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On being 13, living near Ground Zero after 9/11

“Somebody had tried to communicate, ‘There is no room for you here.’ [...] And then, I think the reason that [spoken word poetry] captured me so tremendously was that it was the first time, as a fourteen-year-old girl, that I felt like a roomful of people were listening to me, and saw me, and I was allowed to talk about these fears and flaws and joys and doubts in a way that I hadn’t before, and in some ways it felt like the whole room was communicating, ‘There is room for you here.’

And I don’t think I’ve ever forgotten that, and I think over and over again anytime I’m in a room where people have come to listen to me speak, I never take for granted what a gift that is, and what it means that people communicate to me that there is room for me here.”

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Sarah Kay by Design Matters

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Debbie talks to performance poet Sarah Kay about teaching people to write.

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“We need you here and we notice when you’re not here.”

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"I can actively and respectfully participate in class"

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"I can actively and respectfully participate in class"

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One of our habits of work standards at The Greene School is "I can actively and respectfully participate in class" so before we embark on a new discussion protocol we have a quick check in...I ask "what does it look like to actively participate in this discussion?" and we talk over the expectations. :)

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I liked the conversation about connections with students, and how important students feeling connected to their teachers are to their success in school :) Thank you Brittany!

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One thing I will take away from today will be making time to give my students room for them to use their voices and write and share what they was to.

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What I’m taking away from today is not putting my agenda for getting through a lesson before the needs of the students. Being patient, and realizing that a genuine conversation could be an even more impactful moment, then my perfectly planned lesson.