Matthew R. Morris5 Qualities of a Good TeacherNot all teachers are created equal. Depending on how you look at it, this is either a good or a bad thing. For me, it sits somewhere in…5 min read·Sep 27, 2023----
Matthew R. MorrisTeaching is an ActThis new role that I am taking on this school year has caused me to do a lot of thinking. In past years I’ve spent the last bits of summer…2 min read·Sep 21, 2023----
Matthew R. MorrisZen and the Art of Driver’s EdThis should in no way be connected to that great body of factual information connected to the art of Zen. It is not very factual on…4 min read·Sep 18, 2023----
Matthew R. MorrisImmigrant WordsWhat does it mean to be a Black man with an immigrant father and a white mother raised on Indigenous land?3 min read·Aug 7, 2023----
Matthew R. MorrisMedia Literacy: I’m Still Stuck on Selfies“They could care less about the Z pattern in paper ads. Now they all wanted to know if their teacher had a Facebook. Maybe, I thought, I…4 min read·Oct 19, 2022--1--1
Matthew R. MorrisWho Am I?I was walking home after school one day in grade twelve and felt like I was doing everything wrong. Another football season without a…3 min read·Sep 20, 2022--1--1
Matthew R. MorrisThose Last Three YearsTeaching through a pandemic makes no one a better educator. It may have made some more resourceful, more attuned to the social and…3 min read·Aug 24, 2022----
Matthew R. MorrisI’m Getting Used To ThisAll year, I had trouble getting used to this again. Every school day felt like a winter Monday — tired before the day even started and…2 min read·May 30, 2022----
Matthew R. MorrisSurvive And AdvanceYou would think I would be so used to the sound of my morning alarm that it would no longer be able to jolt me out of my sleep. But it…2 min read·May 16, 2022----
Matthew R. MorrisAn Ode to Hip HopThe hip hop albums I’ve listened to, from Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle to Kendrick’s To Pimp a Butterfly, have taught me more valuable life…4 min read·May 3, 2022--1--1