Timestamps: 00:00 debbie lesson 08:23 feedback

26:23 what to have already have done (ASAP if not)

38:44 new assignments

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Everything about spoken and written language fascinates me to no end. I am a self proclaimed word nerd. Before I was enrolled in school I used to watch my older brother write in cursive. This secret language was something I had to decode, even before I could write in print. Practicing on the condensation filled windows on rainy days. The rain splattered on my windowpane canvas, keeping me company as I mimicked the swirly swoops I cherished. 

To my dismay and righteous indignation, my brother would double over in laughter and point at my valiant efforts. 

“You’re just writing ‘e’ over and over again.”

My first poem was penned in kindergarten. I was so proud of the words I had written about a kite that I still remember the experience 34 years later. In the 5th grade, I sat at the feet of a giant, my first Black teacher. She…