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Matthew R. Morris

Matthew R. Morris

5 Qualities of a Good Teacher

Not 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…

Sep 27, 2023

5 Qualities of a Good Teacher

Sep 27, 2023

Matthew R. Morris

Teaching is an Act

This 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…

Sep 21, 2023

Teaching is an Act

Sep 21, 2023

Matthew R. Morris

Zen and the Art of Driver’s Ed

This 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…

Sep 18, 2023

Zen and the Art of Driver’s Ed

Sep 18, 2023

Matthew R. Morris

Immigrant Words

What does it mean to be a Black man with an immigrant father and a white mother raised on Indigenous land?

Aug 7, 2023

Immigrant Words

Aug 7, 2023

Matthew R. Morris

Media 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…

Oct 19, 2022

Media Literacy: I’m Still Stuck on Selfies

Oct 19, 2022

Matthew R. Morris

Who 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…

Sep 20, 2022

Who Am I?

Sep 20, 2022

Matthew R. Morris

Those Last Three Years

Teaching through a pandemic makes no one a better educator. It may have made some more resourceful, more attuned to the social and…

Aug 24, 2022

Those Last Three Years

Aug 24, 2022

Matthew R. Morris

I’m Getting Used To This

All year, I had trouble getting used to this again. Every school day felt like a winter Monday — tired before the day even started and…

May 30, 2022

I’m Getting Used To This

May 30, 2022

Matthew R. Morris

Survive And Advance

You 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…

May 16, 2022

Survive And Advance

May 16, 2022

Matthew R. Morris

An Ode to Hip Hop

The 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…

May 3, 2022

An Ode to Hip Hop

May 3, 2022

Matthew R. Morris

Matthew R. Morris

my new book: Black Boys Like Me: Confrontations with Race, Identity and Belonging on pre-sale now. www.matthewrmorris.com

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