Dowan McNair Lee

Wife, mama, EdD in Curriculum and Pedagogy, former middle school teacher, assistant prof of urban ed (UDC), Pretty 🐩. Black fem currere scholar. #flynerd

[Dowan McNair Lee @drdmaclee]

I shouldn't have to say this, but I hear it a lot so...please, beloveds, do not use reading as a punishment. Kiddos should not experience reading as a consequence. Reading should be connected with joy.

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@LenValyrian When I was a loose natural and got silk presses, I'd wear a cute hat in the door when it rained with my bonnet neatly tucked underneath. I'd give myself enough time to dip in the restroom, take my pins down and fluff my hair. People would say that was unnecessary. I think not.

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@jiggyjayy2 That's what King's "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" was all about. He was speaking to the Black folks who called his marches and other means "disruptive".

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@LenValyrian Somebody's child said to get some Metamucil and changed my life.

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@DrBritWilliams @Jani__Gee I feel like that's a compliment.

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@LenValyrian I live with 2 of them. At one point it was 4 of them. I was perplexed daily.

[Dowan McNair Lee @drdmaclee]

@dst6n01 My MIL and her ex, my husband's father, were great friends after divorce, so great in fact, that she was still his beneficiary on all life insurance policies, despite the fact that he had other partners and children after her. When he passed, she and my husband got everything.

[Dowan McNair Lee @drdmaclee]

@LenValyrian It's typically the drummers. What is wrong with them???

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@LenValyrian I still want to send Newsela links with the scaffolded reading levels.

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@LenValyrian I am against public proposals unless there has been a discussion and agreement to marry beforehand.

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@aspencphoto @LenValyrian At my last school, if you weren't on the pick-up list for the child, the school secretary wasn't even letting you in the building (during COVID). I would come back from eating my lunch, flash my badge, and leave them folks outside! We weren't playing.

[Dowan McNair Lee @drdmaclee]

@MattRKay My daughter is a quiet student, a true introvert. She saves all of her words for me, lol. But really, she engages when she feels she has something pertinent to share.

[Jarvis R. Givens @jarvisrgivens]

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[Dowan McNair Lee @drdmaclee]

@Dani_Knope @DrBritWilliams That was my thought as well. Deep Negro sigh...

[Dowan McNair Lee @drdmaclee]

@born2_teach @jarvisrgivens @hgse @HarvardAAAS @HutchinsCenter @AERA_EdResearch @BlackTeacherPro @BERC_TC @fellowshipbmec @selmekki @aLionsArkivist On it! Thank you!

[Dowan McNair Lee @drdmaclee]

@LenValyrian And that's probably why Amari was the dance captain. She let her back, but she wasn't in charge.

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@LenValyrian Feel better. This all is crazy.

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@LenValyrian I'm just here to agree. I was up at 3am texting my bestie who was also wide awake because of it.

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@reneevelaryon @LenValyrian And even in a literature class, I'm going to challenge you because what did the text say???? Students say crazy stuff because they don't read and want to scrape by in discussions on vibes. What did the text say?

[Dowan McNair Lee @drdmaclee]

@MelechThomas The Reverend Dr. Steven Lee has been before the Lord.

[Dowan McNair Lee @drdmaclee]

@kenyawoodard Now!