3.5 stars

Reed has worked as a teacher from preschool to college-age students. I appreciate her sharing her learning in this memoir in essays. As we are all on our own journeys on systemic racism, I appreciated her sharing her journey. Sometimes she comes across as celebrating and applauding herself for being on the journey behind a very thin veil of self deprecation, which I had mixed feelings about. 

There was an essay “Paulie” that I had some trouble with. 

Otherwise, true reflections of being a teacher with sometimes forced wittiness.