This essay is excellent! I became so excited reading this in part because the core issue you discuss is one I've regularly encountered while working at an "independent" school. Such an institution will only go so far with its acceptance of certain ideas, and some people from parents to colleagues voice horrific beliefs, but it's still a job, and no place of employment can be perfect and pure. I also maintain the hope of incremental change, a slow push for the better, of convincing people even of a couple new ways of seeing the world. It will never be perfect (should it ever?), but we can still make space and offer more forgiving narrative arcs than our media will allow.
Thank you! Even though I don't always comment, I've been enjoying your essays - you find fascinating ways of tackling each topic!
This essay is excellent! I became so excited reading this in part because the core issue you discuss is one I've regularly encountered while working at an "independent" school. Such an institution will only go so far with its acceptance of certain ideas, and some people from parents to colleagues voice horrific beliefs, but it's still a job, and no place of employment can be perfect and pure. I also maintain the hope of incremental change, a slow push for the better, of convincing people even of a couple new ways of seeing the world. It will never be perfect (should it ever?), but we can still make space and offer more forgiving narrative arcs than our media will allow.
Thank you! Even though I don't always comment, I've been enjoying your essays - you find fascinating ways of tackling each topic!