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This site can be described as a web comic of sorts. Or maybe a web zine.
My inspiration for this site comes from the "I wish my teacher knew" lecture. It is quite personal and somewhat vulnerable. I walk the reader through different stages in my life, and which personal challenges I faced in each grade through elementary school.
I was a bit of a mixed bag as a child. Being raised by a university professor there were incredibly high standards for my academic performance. I studied for the grade 3 EQAO as if it was the SAT. At the same time, I was a problem child. I would lash out, get in fights (verbal and physical), vandalize the school, sneak out at lunch, etc. I was a regular at the vice principal's office, and I would cry a lot.
In other words, I had straight As in all my subjects, with mostly Ns and Ss, and the occasional G in my learning skills.
As an adult with a better understanding of my previous life circumstances, I understand why I behaved the way I did. The more frustrating nuance attached to this realization is finally recognizing that my teachers did not seem to make an effort to understand where this behaviour was coming from. I was dismissed as weird and dramatic, and got yelled at in the halls a lot.
When applying to teacher's college, I got asked the same question on all of my supplemental applications; something along the lines of "why do you wish to teach?"
I answered each one the same way. I want to teach because of the teachers who failed me. I'm not the only kid who has struggled, and I'm not the only kid who has acted out as a result of their struggles. If I can be the teacher to know what at least one student is going through and be able to provide the adequate supports for them, then I have done my job.
In all of my supplemental applications I talked about how childrens' struggles feel much more cataclysmic because they are learning for the first time that life is f*cking hard. A baby experiences it when they start teething, and they can't understand why this excruciating ache just won't go away; all they can do is cry. We must not be dismissive of their struggles for being childish. Instead, we teach. We teach them how to perservere, and how to overcome.
This webcomic will allude to themes of CSA and has vague mentions of homophobia. If this might be triggering for you, please proceed with caution, and at your own discretion.
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