Hi, I'm Adrienne, and I'm a high school teacher and administrator . In fifteen years of teaching, I've observed the social development of adolescents with growing conviction that US norms towards learning about sexuality do not support healthy behavior in teens and young adults. I have a sticker from my alma mater on my bullet journal, featuring the school's motto.
To know is not enough.
This brings me here. Teachers are held to a higher standard, and expected to walk the talk. Inspired by the questions, inquiries, research, and findings in my own classroom, I feel ethically bound to model the intellectual analysis I encourage in my students. They know inauthenticity. They know superficiality. They know when adults don't want to deal with uncomfortable topics, and they work around them.
My job, then, is to refine the questions, seek information, analyze the context and draw conclusions. And then act.
My Fulbright proposal grew from student demand for more access to sex education, plain and simple. This is a serious issue for them, and they know it. If young people seek guidance, information, and support from trusted adults, trusted adults must live up to the moment.
To know is not enough.
This brings me here. Teachers are held to a higher standard, and expected to walk the talk. Inspired by the questions, inquiries, research, and findings in my own classroom, I feel ethically bound to model the intellectual analysis I encourage in my students. They know inauthenticity. They know superficiality. They know when adults don't want to deal with uncomfortable topics, and they work around them.
My job, then, is to refine the questions, seek information, analyze the context and draw conclusions. And then act.
My Fulbright proposal grew from student demand for more access to sex education, plain and simple. This is a serious issue for them, and they know it. If young people seek guidance, information, and support from trusted adults, trusted adults must live up to the moment.